Ensure div takes up entire viewport - html

First off, here is a JSFiddle that represents the issue.
I am trying to have a "container" id that is the size of the entire viewport. This is so all div items in #container fit inside the page without scrolling. I assumed thats what height: 100% in html, body, and #container would do.
It seems though, that the .thirdwidth elements height is that of the full viewport, and is not just expanding to the bottom of the #container div (if you inspect the element, it appears that the .thirdwitdh elements go outside the #container)
Does anybody know why this is happening? I would like to be able to have all Sections 0-3 fit on the page without scrolling.

To achieve 100% viewport height you can try 100vh, but why are you placing it's position to absolute.
body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#container {
height: 100vh;
width: 100%;
position:relative;
overflow:hidden;
}

Thanks to #Abbr for this answer (thought I would post a standalone answer so it's not hidden within the comments)
Due to the fact that the gameinfo id is 20% of the parent div, setting the .thirdwidth columns to 100% height made the entire page 120%
Changing the height of the .thirdwidth in my CSS to 80% fixed it!

Related

css page minimum height

Can anyone explain to me why my HTML page is not filling the height of the screen? I tried to set the min-height in the css but it's not really affecting anything.
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/9yFKn/
It's because you're not accounting for the height of the body.
Just add
body{
height: 100%;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/9yFKn/1/
Here is the solution :
html, body { height: 100%; }
but it just a solution you need to understand why is happened , this happened because your element is a block level element which wrap up your whole content width and height width as a 100% but this is not the case with height you need to specify the related to content to give a height in percentages like as above body has given 100%
here is the solution too

height:100% mysteriously not working

I'm building some tests around height:100%.
On the THIS page you can notice the blue area doesn't stretch its height with the page content, even though it is assigned to have the CSS style of:
height:100%;
Any help on solving or trying to understand this behaviour?
Set height: auto on your body element,
body {
width: 100%;
font-family: sans-serif;
height: auto;
}
Update
Ok, wasn't aware it needs to be 100% despite lesser content.
What you can do is,
give your body some height (say 1000px). And then the 100% on your section will expand to 1000px.
PS: min-height won't work. You'll need to provide a height in px or em.
Although, I'm not very sure on why elements cant figure out 100% of 1000px and NOT 100% of 100%
If you want that section to always be 100% height, you could use min-height: 100% instead of height: 100%. If not, you'll have to give the parent a height (like the html), and then use height: 100%.
the theory behind the behaviour is that if you want to have an element filling the 100% height of a window, you have to make sure that parents of such element also fill 100% of the browser window .
The idea is clear, if you are setting 100% height, you have to ask: 100% of what exactly?
The answer is of a parent.
Of course, this applies to elements without the position: absolute or position: fixed which are not in the "flow" of the document.
An illustration of the problem is very clearly seen in my fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/AVKnJ/
I hope it enlightens a bit.
EDIT:
is this the desired behaviour?
you indeed have to use height: 100% for containers (html, body) and min-height: 100% for the elements you expect to exceed the height of the window.
http://jsfiddle.net/7jDFD/15/

CSS - Absolute positioned full width element gets cut after zooming

An element is positioned absolutely and is made to full width using the left and the right properties set to 0
The problem is, when the window is zoomed, the element is made full width only to viewport. The below images explain the problem in detail
Is there any CSS hack to fix this issue.
JSfiddle to test: http://jsfiddle.net/vaakash/kdgJp/
You can do the following:
body {
position:relative;
float:left;
}
#header {
width:100%;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/PNaSz/
This will make sure the absolute element orients against the body in width (because its positioned relative), float:left will make sure the body is as wide as the content.
Is there a reason you can't use width: 100%;?

wrap images with heights in percentages inside of floated divs

Sorry to ask a really obvious question I'm sure it has a really simple answer, I just can't figure it out.
Very simply I want to place images inside of divs, where the images fill 100% of the height of the div.
CSS
.container{
height:100%;
float:left;}
img {
height:100%;}
HTML
<div class="container">
<img src="xyz.jpg" />
</div>
The result is as expected but with a large amount of whitespace to the right of the image (within the div) when viewed in any non-webkit browser.
In my layout I want to have many of these divs lined up (by float) in a row so its essential that the div's width shrinks to that of the image.
http://jsfiddle.net/osnoz/VzrnT/
By default, a div without specified height dimensions only expands enough to encompass its contents. Without a specified width, the div will expand to the width of its parent. So until you specify the width, the div's width will not shrink down to the image.
Your div is set to 100% height, which is in relation to its container height, not its contents.
You also do not need to specify 100% on the image itself. This will only make the image stretch to 100% of its container's height. Unless, you specify a container height, this is pointless.
I don't know if I understood the question right, but here it goes:
.container { display: inline-block; height: 100%; }
.container img { height: 100%; }
See the example at jsfiddle.net/erxLv/2

Problems with 100% height

I'm trying to use a side panel with a width of 20% and a height of 100% so that they will re-size depending on browser width and height etc. I'm having a problem with the height (100%) part of the CSS, it doesn't seem to fit the entire height of the browser window though - it just displays 100% of what's in the side panel.
How can I make the side panel reach the bottom of the page no matter how much content is inside of it?
#sidebar{
float:left;
position: relative;
width: 20%;
height: 100%;
background-color: red;
}
Height 100% is always a pain.
Make sure that, html, body also have height: 100% and any div that's wrapping it.
When you set something with percentages, you must always consider "percent of what?" It's always the parent of the element. So what is the parent set to? If there is no defined height in units for the parent, percentage has no reference.
I had the same problem on a project I was working on, I fixed it thus:
#sidebar{
min-height:100%;
height:auto !important;
height: 100%;
//add other styling needed
}