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How to Know Which HTML Element is Causing Vertical Scroll Bar

I am learning Bootstrap. On the getting started menu, there are few templates given. I am playing with that. One example is about fixed Footer. I used nav from previous example and wanted to adjust that with fixed footer. But vertical scrollbar is coming. I am looking for element which is causing Vertical Scroll Bar.

Here is HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">     <head>         <meta charset="utf-8">         <title>Bootstrap, from Twitter</title>         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">         <meta name="description" content="">         <meta name="author" content="">          <!-- Le styles -->         <link href="css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet">          <style type="text/css">              /* Sticky footer styles             -------------------------------------------------- */              html,             body {                 height: 100%;                 /* The html and body elements cannot have any padding or margin. */             }              /* Wrapper for page content to push down footer */             #wrap {                 min-height: 100%;                 height: auto !important;                 height: 100%;                 /* Negative indent footer by it's height */                 margin: 0 auto -60px;             }              /* Set the fixed height of the footer here */             #push,             #footer {                 height: 60px;             }             #footer {                 background-color: #f5f5f5;             }              /* Lastly, apply responsive CSS fixes as necessary */             @media (max-width: 767px) {                 #footer {                     margin-left: -20px;                     margin-right: -20px;                     padding-left: 20px;                     padding-right: 20px;                 }             }                /* Custom page CSS             -------------------------------------------------- */             /* Not required for template or sticky footer method. */              .container {                 width: auto;                 max-width: 680px;                 height: auto;             }             .container .credit {                 margin: 20px 0;             }              /* Adjust Nav */             #wrap > .container {                 margin-top: 60px;             }          </style>          <link href="css/bootstrap-responsive.css" rel="stylesheet">          <!-- HTML5 shim, for IE6-8 support of HTML5 elements -->         <!--[if lt IE 9]>           <script src="html5shiv.js"></script>         <![endif]-->          <!-- Fav and touch icons -->          <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144" href="ico/apple-touch-icon-144-precomposed.png">         <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="ico/apple-touch-icon-114-precomposed.png">         <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="ico/apple-touch-icon-72-precomposed.png">         <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="ico/apple-touch-icon-57-precomposed.png">         <link rel="shortcut icon" href="ico/favicon.png">      </head>      <body>         <div id="wrap">             <div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" >                 <div class="navbar-inner">                     <div class="container">                         <button type="button" class="btn btn-navbar" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse">                             <span class="icon-bar"></span>                             <span class="icon-bar"></span>                             <span class="icon-bar"></span>                         </button>                         <a class="brand" href="#">Project name</a>                         <div class="nav-collapse collapse">                             <ul class="nav">                                 <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>                                 <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>                                 <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>                             </ul>                         </div><!--/.nav-collapse -->                     </div>                 </div>             </div>              <div class="container">                  <h1>Bootstrap starter template</h1>                 <p>Use this document as a way to quick start any new project.<br> All you get is this message and a barebones HTML document.</p>              </div> <!-- /container -->             <div id="push"></div>         </div> <!-- End Wrap -->          <div id="footer">             <div class="container">                 <p class="muted credit">Example courtesy <a href="http://martinbean.co.uk">Martin Bean</a> and <a href="http://ryanfait.com/sticky-footer/">Ryan Fait</a>.</p>             </div>         </div>           <!-- Le javascript         ================================================== -->         <!-- Placed at the end of the document so the pages load faster -->         <script src="../jquery.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-transition.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-alert.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-modal.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-dropdown.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-scrollspy.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-tab.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-tooltip.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-popover.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-button.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-collapse.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-carousel.js"></script>         <script src="js-ext/bootstrap-typeahead.js"></script>      </body> </html> 

Is there any trick, which works in these cases to know which Element is causing Scroll Bar? I faced similar problem earlier, I do not remember if I could find the easy solution.

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Satya Prakash Avatar asked Sep 30 '13 13:09

Satya Prakash


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Add:

* {   outline: 1px solid red; } 

Then when you scroll down you should see one really tall box. Right click on it and select inspect element. That should give you the information you need.

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Jeffpowrs Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 19:09

Jeffpowrs