Set div height equal to screen size

Question

I have a div element in twitter-bootstrap which will have content that will overflow vertically outside the screen.

I would like the div to take the height of the size of the browser window and let the rest of the content scroll vertically within the window.

I have a sample that is not working @jsFiddle

#content {     border: 1px solid #000;     overflow-y:auto;     height:100%; }  <div class="container-fluid">     <div class="row-fluid">         <div class="span3">Side Bar</div>          <div class="span9" id="content">             Content Bar Example Content         </div>     </div> </div> 

I am posting this question after reading so questions like SO Questions

EDIT--

Sorry guys I guess I got my question wrong.

What I would like is that my div must fill the rest of the vertical space in the screen.

It would be great if someone can suggest a responsive solution

Answer 1

Using CSS {height: 100%;} matches the height of the parent. This could be anything, meaning smaller or bigger than the screen. Using {height: 100vh;} matches the height of the viewport.

.container {     height: 100vh;     overflow: auto; } 

According to Mozilla's official documents, 1vh is:

Equal to 1% of the height of the viewport's initial containing block.

Answer 2

You need to give height for the parent element too! Check out this fiddle.

CSS:

html, body {height: 100%;}  #content, .container-fluid, .span9 {     border: 1px solid #000;     overflow-y:auto;     height:100%; }​ 

JavaScript (using jQuery) Way:

$(document).ready(function(){     $(window).resize(function(){         $(".fullheight").height($(document).height());     }); });