Above you can see. I have two divs. one is fixed and second is scrollable. The right sided div can be expanded and collapsed and the second div will adjust its width accordingly.
Now I want to place a div whose size and positioning should be not affected by the right side div's state ( either open or closed ) and I want to make it scrollable. Adding position absolute add scrolls to whole page and the fixed Div on right is not of 100% height anymore. Can someone draw a basic code structure using flexbox on how to create such flow.
Thanks
There are plenty of way to do that, but lets propose one that mix positionning (for the header) and usage of flex box (for the side panel and the main area)
First a basic html structure
<div class='app'>
<div class='app-header'>header content</div>
<div class='app-content'>
<div class='side-panel'>panel content</div>
<div class='main-area'>area content</div>
</div>
<div class='app>
then some less/css
.app {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
background: pink;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
.app-header {
background: yellow;
}
.app-content {
flex-grow: 1;
overflow: hidden;
display: flex;
background: red;
}
.side-panel {
height: 100%;
flex-grow: 0;
flex-shrink: 0;
background: blue;
}
.main-area {
min-height: 100%;
flex-grow: 1;
flex-shrink: 1;
overflow: auto;
background: green;
}
see it on JSFiddle here : https://jsfiddle.net/70qxu4L3/
Try this css code :D
body {
position: relative;
}
header {
position: fixed;
height: header height; // put header height
top: 0;
}
fixedLeftDiv {
position: fixed;
top: header height;
left: 0;
}
scrollableDiv {
position: fixed or absolute; // choose what you need
top: header height;
left: fixedLeftDiv width;
}
I am a novice at CSS/HTML and need help with a certain issue. I am trying to make my opening div (w/ background image) cover the entire screen (which I have done successfully). The problem is, no matter what I try, I cannot get the next div to start after the initial div. I am including my HTML and CSS. Problem is that I cannot cause #map-contain to start after #opening. Thought it would simply be 'positioning' issue but I cannot solve this. Please help. http://jsfiddle.net/nELQF/ - (need black div to start at bottom of red div)
HTML
<div id="opening">
</div>
<div id="map-section">
</div>
CSS
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
min-height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
#opening {
position: absolute;
top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0;
border: 1px solid orange;
background-image: url('DSC_0577.JPG');
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
}
#map-section {
width: 100%;
height: 800px;
background-color: black;
}
Given that the top element is absolutely positioned, you could do the same with the second element and set top:100% in order prevent the elements from overlapping.
Updated Example
#map-section {
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
height: 800px;
top: 100%;
background-color: black;
}
As an alternative, an arguably better approach allowing you to avoid having to absolutely position both elements would be to simply set a height of 100% on the html/body elements.
Example Here
This question already has answers here:
CSS overflow-x: visible; and overflow-y: hidden; causing scrollbar issue
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When I set overflow-y on a block, it seems to be affecting the overflow-x property. I've made a JSFiddle with an example of this problem. It seems to be happening in all browsers, so I think I'm missing something that should be obvious.
I have two non-overlapping blocks (blue and green) along with a third block (red) with the following requirements:
The blue and red blocks are adjacent
The red block is contained in the blue block, but it overlaps the green block
The blue block must allow vertical scrolling, but not horizontal scrolling
However, if I set overflow-x: visible so the red block overlaps to the right, instead it behaves as though I set it to scroll. However, if I remove the overflow-y property or set it to visible, the red block behaves as I expect.
I do need vertical scrolling, so I'm at a loss for what to do.
With the code below
HTML:
<div id="container">
<div id="left">
<div id="floater"></div>
</div>
<div id="right">
</div>
</div>
CSS:
#container {
height: 200px; width: 200px;
position: relative;
background-color: #ccc; border: solid 5px black;
}
#left {
position: absolute;
top: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100px;
overflow-x: visible;
overflow-y: auto; /** REMOVING THIS CHANGES THE RESULT **/
background-color: blue;
z-index: 2;
}
#right {
position: absolute;
top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100px;
z-index: 1;
background-color: green;
}
#floater {
position: absolute;
right: -20px; top: 30px; height: 40px; width: 40px;
background-color: red;
}
See: CSS overflow-x: visible; and overflow-y: hidden; causing scrollbar issue
If you are using visible for either overflow-x or overflow-y and
something other than visible for the other, the visible value is
interpreted as auto.
I have the following html...
<div class="header"></div>
<div class="main"></div>
<div class="footer"></div>
And following css...
.header{
position: fixed;
background-color: #f00;
height: 100px;
}
.main{
background-color: #ff0;
height: 700px;
}
.footer{
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
background-color: #f0f;
height: 120px;}
But why the header and footer is not fixed, anything I did wrong? I want only "main" to be scrollable and "header" and "footer" to be at a fixed position. How to do?
+-------------------------------------+
| header | -> at fixed position (top of window)
+-------------------------------------+
| main |
| |
| | -> scrollable as its contents
| | scroll bar is window scroll bar not of main
| |
| |
+-------------------------------------+
| footer | -> at fixed position (bottom of window)
+-------------------------------------+
See this fiddle
My issue was that a parent element had transform: scale(1); this apparently makes it impossible for any element to be fixed inside it. By removing that everything works normally...
It seems to be like this in all browsers I tested (Chrome, Safari) so don't know if it comes from some strange web standard.
(It's a popup that goes from scale(0) to scale(1))
if a parent container contains transform this could happen. try commenting them
-webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0);
transform: translate3d(0,0,0);
you need to give width explicitly to header and footer
width: 100%;
Working fiddle
If you want the middle section not to be hidden then give position: absolute;width: 100%; and set top and bottom properties (related to header and footer heights) to it and give parent element position: relative. (ofcourse, remove height: 700px;.) and to make it scrollable, give overflow: auto.
Double-check that you haven't enabled backface-visibility on any of the containing elements, as that will wreck position: fixed. For me, I was using a CSS3 animation library...
Working jsFiddle Demo
When you are working with fixed or absolute values,
it's good idea to set top or bottom and left or right (or combination of them) properties.
Also don't set the height of main element (let browser set the height of it with setting top and bottom properties).
.header{
position: fixed;
background-color: #f00;
height: 100px;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
.main{
background-color: #ff0;
position: fixed;
bottom: 120px;
left: 0;
right: 0;
top: 100px;
overflow: auto;
}
.footer{
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
background-color: #f0f;
height: 120px;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
I had a similar problem caused by the addition of a CSS value for perspective in the body CSS
body { perspective: 1200px; }
Killed
#mainNav { position: fixed; }
As others pointed out, certain CSS properties on a parent element will prevent position: fixed from working. In my case it was backdrop-filter.
This might be an old topic but in my case it was the layout value of css contain property of the parent element that was causing the issue. I am using a framework for hybrid mobile that use this contain property in most of their component.
For example:
.parentEl {
contain: size style layout;
}
.parentEl .childEl {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
Just remove the layout value of contain property and the fixed content should work!
.parentEl {
contain: size style;
}
Another cause could be a parent container that contains the CSS animation property. That's what it was for me.
For anyone having this issue primarily with navbars, not sticking to the top, I found that if any element in the parent container of the positon: fixed; element has a width exceeding 100% - so creating horizontal scrollbars - is the issue.
To solve it set the 'parent element' to have overflow-x: hidden;
You forgot to add the width of the two divs.
.header {
position: fixed;
top:0;
background-color: #f00;
height: 100px; width: 100%;
}
.footer {
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
background-color: #f0f;
height: 120px; width:100%;
}
demo
You didn't add any width or content to the elements. Also you should set padding top and bottom to your main element so the content is not hidden behind the header/footer. You can remove the height as well and let the browser decide based on the content.
http://jsfiddle.net/BrmGr/12/
.header{
position: fixed;
background-color: #f00;
height: 100px;
width:100%;
}
.main{
background-color: #ff0;
padding-top: 100px;
padding-bottom: 120px;
}
.footer{
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
background-color: #f0f;
height: 120px;
width:100%;}
You have no width set and there is not content in the divs is one issue. The other is that the way html works... when all three of fixed, is that the hierarchy goes from bottom to top... so the content is on top of the header since they are both fixed... so in this case you need to declare a z-index on the header... but I wouldn't do that... leave that one relative so it can scroll normally.
Go mobile first on this... FIDDLE HERE
HTML
<header class="global-header">HEADER</header>
<section class="main-content">CONTENT</section>
<footer class="global-footer">FOOTER</footer>
CSS
html, body {
padding: 0; margin: 0;
height: 100%;
}
.global-header {
width: 100%;
float: left;
min-height: 5em;
background-color: red;
}
.main-content {
width: 100%;
float: left;
height: 50em;
background-color: yellow;
}
.global-footer {
width: 100%;
float: left;
min-height: 5em;
background-color: lightblue;
}
#media (min-width: 30em) {
.global-header {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
.main-content {
height: 100%;
margin-top: 5em; /* to offset header */
}
.global-footer {
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
}
} /* ================== */
I had the same issue, my parent was set to transform-style: preserve-3d; removing it did the trick for me.
We'll never convince people to leave IE6 if we keep striving to deliver quality websites to those users.
Only IE7+ understood "position: fixed".
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/position
So you're out of luck for IE6. To get the footer semi-sticky try this:
.main {
min-height: 100%;
margin-bottom: -60px;
}
.footer {
height: 60px;
}
You could also use an iFrame maybe.
This will keep the footer from 'lifting off' from the bottom of the page. If you have more than one page of content then it will push down out of site.
On a philosophical note, I'd rather point IE6 users to http://browsehappy.com/ and spend the time I save hacking for IE6 on something else.
You can use it in the same way because if the parent container has the transform effect, you could create a child where it occupies 100% of the parent container and add a position realtive and then the container that you want to add the position fixed and it works without problems.
might be an answer for some cases https://stackoverflow.com/a/75284271/7874122
TLDR position: fixed is attached to containing element, by which element is positioned. if containing block is different than viewport dimensions, fixed element will be placed according to containing block.
I want to create a html page with a header of fixed height, a middle part with variable height and a footer with fixed height. The footer and the header shall not move when scrolling.
No problem so far.
But i want the midlle part to be divided, so that the right column and the left column have seperate scrollbars and scroll independently. This is possible with overflow:scroll as long as the parts have fixed heights. But i want them zu grow and shrink with the window.
I do not linke frames and i want to alter the contents of the 2 columns frequently using javascript (ajax).
What is the best way to create such a page?
I've tested this in IE7/8 (not 6!) and recent versions of: Firefox, Chrome, Opera.
Live Demo (complete with boring colours)
The HTML is very simple:
<div id="header">header</div>
<div id="middle">
<div id="left">left</div>
<div id="right">right</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">footer</div>
On the other hand, the CSS is a bit more complicated:
html, body {
margin: 0; padding:0; border: 0;
overflow: hidden
}
#header, #middle, #footer {
position: absolute;
width: 100%
}
#header {
background: #777;
height: 150px;
top: 0
}
#middle {
background: #f00;
top: 150px;
bottom: 150px
}
#footer {
background: #777;
height: 150px;
bottom: 0
}
#left, #right {
overflow-y: scroll
}
#left {
background: #aaa;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 50%;
height: 100%
}
#right {
background: #999;
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
top: 0;
float: right;
width: 50%;
height: 100%
}
I will explain how the CSS works if you ask me to.
Try using percentages on divs (and leave out the table). For example, you might set a header at height: 20%, and two middle scrolling divs at height: 70%; width: 50%; float:left;. This leaves the footer div at height: 10%. Changing the contents of the middle divs via ajax shouldn't change their height. But of course, this provides a variable, not fixed, header and footer.
note: these numbers are just for illustrative purposes. You'll need to adjust them, including padding/margins, which are not accounted for.