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I have a two column layout:
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="header"></div>
<div id="sidewrapper"></div>
<div id="contentwrapper"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
I want to have both sidebar and content be 100% in height but the most top container's min-height should be 100%.
I tried to solve it with the following css:
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
html {
font-family: Georgia, serif;
color: #000; height:100%; min-height:100px;
}
body {
background: #fff; height:100%; min-height:100px; overflow:hidden;
}
#header {
width: 100%;
position: relative;
float: left;
height: 23px;
}
#container {
position:relative;
width: 100%; height:100%;
margin: auto; background:blue;
}
#contentwrapper {
float:left;
background:red;
position: relative;
width: 700px; padding:0px; margin:0px;
height: auto;
}
#sidewrapper {
float:left;
position: relative;
width: 159px; height:100%;
padding:0px; margin:0px;
}
...but I get a scrollbar because of the header's 23px height. I tried to solve it with overflow:hidden for the body element but I do not know if that is the right solution.
Any ideas?
369
If my assumption I put forward in my comment to the question is right, then sidebar is 100% high, and on top of that you have a 23px header, so that causs your container to be 100% + 23px high.
In the future you will have in css calc() http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/06/css3-calc/ . This will solve your problem.
Now, I guess you should calculate the height of the sidebar ( = height of container - 23px), by javascript.
162
Make #header position absolute. This will cut that block out of the normal flow and you'll be able to make heights of other blocks equal to their parent.
#header {
position: absolute;
width: 100%; height: 23px;
top: 0; left: 0;
}
#sidewrapper,
#contentwrapper {
float: left;
width: 50%;
height: 100%;
}
#sidewrapper .content,
#contentwrapper .content {
margin-top: 23px;
}
The height of an element is compared with its father element. In your case, I recommend you specify the concrete width & height for "containter", because it'll be hard to pretend the size of the screen on many machines.
If you insists use percent, I recommend you use for both element, such as header 25% height and content 75% height.
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