Sticky footer with Sidebar - html

Question

I would like to add the Bootstrap Sticky Footer example to the white area of this Simple Sidebar example.
I am struggling as I cannot get it working. Either I fail when the content does not fit the screen or I fail when the content exceeds it.
Any hint?
Thank you all.

Answer 1

Just make sure the div is centered within the white area.
Then use position absolute or relative in the styling.
Take a look at my code and pay attention to where the footer div is placed in the html and how the styling is written. Hopefully this helps.
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<meta name="description" content="">
<meta name="author" content="">
<title>Simple Sidebar - Start Bootstrap Template</title>
<!-- Bootstrap Core CSS -->
<link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<!-- Custom CSS -->
<link href="css/simple-sidebar.css" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
.footer {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 60px;
background-color: #f5f5f5;
}
</style>
<!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
<!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/html5shiv.js"></script>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<div id="wrapper">
<!-- Sidebar -->
<div id="sidebar-wrapper">
<ul class="sidebar-nav">
<li class="sidebar-brand">
<a href="#">
Start Bootstrap
</a>
</li>
<li>
Dashboard
</li>
<li>
Shortcuts
</li>
<li>
Overview
</li>
<li>
Events
</li>
<li>
About
</li>
<li>
Services
</li>
<li>
Contact
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- /#sidebar-wrapper -->
<!-- Page Content -->
<div id="page-content-wrapper">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<h1>Simple Sidebar</h1>
<p>This template has a responsive menu toggling system. The menu will appear collapsed on smaller screens, and will appear non-collapsed on larger screens. When toggled using the button below, the menu will appear/disappear. On small screens, the page content will be pushed off canvas.</p>
<p>Make sure to keep all page content within the <code>#page-content-wrapper</code>.</p>
Toggle Menu
<footer class="footer">
<div class="container">
<p class="text-muted">Place sticky footer content here.</p>
</div>
</footer>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- /#page-content-wrapper -->
</div>
<!-- /#wrapper -->
<!-- jQuery -->
<script src="js/jquery.js"></script>
<!-- Bootstrap Core JavaScript -->
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<!-- Menu Toggle Script -->
<script>
$("#menu-toggle").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$("#wrapper").toggleClass("toggled");
});
</script>

Answer 2

There's a sticky-footer-navbar.css that seems to be missing in Sidebar Example. Here's the contents of that css file
/* Sticky footer styles
-------------------------------------------------- */
html {
position: relative;
min-height: 100%;
}
body {
/* Margin bottom by footer height */
margin-bottom: 60px;
}
.footer {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
/* Set the fixed height of the footer here */
height: 60px;
background-color: #f5f5f5;
}
/* Custom page CSS
-------------------------------------------------- */
/* Not required for template or sticky footer method. */
body > .container {
padding: 60px 15px 0;
}
.container .text-muted {
margin: 20px 0;
}
.footer > .container {
padding-right: 15px;
padding-left: 15px;
}
code {
font-size: 80%;
}

Answer 3

From Bootstrap 4 you need to change the style so rather than the body you put the margin on page-content-wrapper.
/* Sticky footer styles
-------------------------------------------------- */
html {
position: relative;
min-height: 100%;
}
#page-content-wrapper {
margin-bottom: 60px;
}
.footer {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
/* Set the fixed height of the footer here */
height: 60px;
background-color: #f5f5f5;
}