CSS - Adjust height to bottom of screen - html

Question

I have a div with a big list, I only want to see (with a scroll) the number of elements that fits in the screen. So I cannot figure how can I adjust the height of the div to the bottom border of screen.
Do I have to use JS?

Answer 1

Based on screen size apply media query styles.
for example Footer want to be bottom we use this for all the browsers
html,
body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
}
#container {
min-height:100%;
position:relative;
}
#header {
background:#ff0;
padding:10px;
}
#body {
padding:10px;
padding-bottom:60px; /* Height of the footer */
}
#footer {
position:absolute;
bottom:0; /* Always make footer in bottom at any screen */
width:100%;
height:60px; /* Height of the footer */
background:#6cf;
}
<div id="container">
<div id="header"></div>
<div id="body"></div>
<div id="footer"></div>
</div>

Answer 2

If you got a fixed size above. You can fill the rest by using css calc.
.test {
height:300px;
width: 100%
background-color:yellow;
}
.full-height {
height: calc(100vh - 300px);
background-color:red;
}
<div class="test"></div>
<div class="full-height">
</div>
A better solution is to use a wrapper. Like this:
.wrapper {
background-color:red;
height: 100vh;
}
.list {
background-color: white;
width: 100%
}
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="list">
<ul>
<li>This</li>
<li>is</li>
<li>a</li>
<li>list</li>
<ul>
</div>
</div>