See this example: http://jsfiddle.net/vrgT3/5/
I made a 250x250px
parent div with overflow: auto;
so scrollbars appear when the content overflows the box. I have set a blue background to make it clear when the parent is visible.
Inside the parent is a child div with red background for visibility. It has 8px
black borders and box-sizing: border-box;
so padding and borders are included in computing the size of the box. The child div is set to min-height: 100%
and min-width: 100%
.
Expected result: Child div should be the exact same size as the parent, so no blue is shown and no scrollbars appear. The computed box size (content+padding+borders) should be 250x250px
. There should be 8px
black borders inlaying this, leaving a 234x234px
red region.
Works with:
Issues with:
IE 8 WinXP: Horizontal and vertical scrollbars appear. The content is 249x266px
with 8px
borders giving a computed box size of 265x282px
.
Firefox 3.6 WinXP: Vertical scrollbar appears. The content is 217x250px
and computed box size is 233x266px
.
Firefox 10 Ubuntu: Vertical scrollbar appears, content is 221x250px
, computed box size is 237x266px
.
I have checked caniuse.com and it appears that at least the browsers in question support the required min-height
, min-width
, and box-sizing
. What gives?
Solution: As Marat suggested, this is indeed a browser bug. I've resolved a workaround utilizing JavaScript to add padding/margins to correct for differences in offsetWidth/Height. See it here: http://jsfiddle.net/vrgT3/8/
This is unfortunate bug of Firefox (see bug 308801) and IE8 (IE9 works correctly).
The bug is fixed in Firefox 17+.
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