Overide max-width of body tag - html

I have been trying to figure this out for some time but I cant seem to understand whats happening.
So basically I have a max width on my body tag of 900px. I would like a footer div inside the body to be 100% of the browser window. I have tried the using width:100vw but it behaves unexpectedly and the div starts from the left border of the body (not browser window). So then I positioned the div absolutely to left:0 and right 0. The problem arises when I try to center the content within the div with margin:0 auto. It does not get centered.
The result that Im trying to achieve is to have a footer menu with multiple columns of links that expands to fit the full width of the window.
<body class="minwidth900">
<footer>
<div class="full_browser_width">
<div class="width100% margin0auto">
<ul class="floatleft">
<li>link1</li>
<li>link2</li>
</ul>
<ul class="floatleft">
<li>link1</li>
<li>link2</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</footer>
</body>
I have tried my best to figure this out and searched a lot for an answer on the net. So please be kind if this is an easy fix.
Thanks for your time and any help will be greatly appreciated.

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