Margin causes 100% height to give horizontal scrollbars - html

It's been a while since I handcoded a website, and now I have the issue that my top-margin causes the 100% height to give a nasty scrollbar, as seen in the fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/qKGzA/
I can't figure out how to get rid of this, without cutting off the footer (like with using overflow:hidden).
It probably is a simple solution but I can't think of it :)
Thanks for your help!
My code:
html, body{
background-color:#ececec;
height:100%;
width: 100%;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
div#wrapper{
background-color:#ffffff;
width: 962px;
height: auto !important;
min-height: 100%;
height:100%;
margin:0 auto;
padding:20px 15px 0px 15px;
position:relative;
display:block;
}
footer{
background-color:#363636;
width:95%;
height: 15px;
margin:0;
padding:10px;
position:absolute;
bottom:0;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
color:#e1e1e1;
text-align:center;
}
footer p{
margin:0;
padding:0;
display:inline-block;
}
footer p.divider{
margin:0 20px;
}
HTML:
<body>
<div id="wrapper" >
<header>
header header
</header>
<menu> Menu menu</menu>
<section>
section section
</section>
<footer>
<p>x</p><p class="divider">~</p>
<p>x</p><p class="divider">~</p>
<p>x</p><p class="divider">~</p>
<p>x</p>
</footer>
</div>
</body>

The div#wrapper has height:100% and padding:20px 15px 0px 15px making it 100% + 20 pixels. if you add
box-sizing:border-box;
to div#wrapper the padding will be inside the 100%, and the scroll bars disappear.
A non-css3 alternative is to place an element at the top of the inside of the div#wrapper with a height of 20 pixels. Perhaps add the 20px top padding to the header element which is inside the wrapper for non CSS3 browsers.

a. Does your body have to have the height and width assigned? Couldn't you simply set the background. It should automatically span any width non-dependent on the user's screen.
b. You could set the body to position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; overflow: hidden;
This should allow your body to expand in height as needed.
c. You could assign an actual height in pixels, or em . Something like 700px should not go off the screen, but of course that would change if the user is mobile.

Related

Put one div after another

I want to set two divs like the following.
http://snag.gy/ynuiY.jpg
This is my HTML code
<div id="topbar">
This is a top bar
</div>
<div id="wrapper">
wrapper
</div>
This is my CSS
#wrapper{
z-index:2;
marign-top: 30px;
width:80%;
height:auto;
background-color:#FFF;
left:auto ;
right:auto ;
margin: auto;
}
#topbar{
height:30px;
width:100%;
background-color:#333;
position:absolute;
top:0px;
left: 0px;
right: 0px;
color:#FFF;
overflow: hidden;
}
But the output is like following. (no wrapper)
http://i.stack.imgur.com/DXuWD.jpg
Please help me to solve this.
You have to change your #wrapper margin to padding
JSfiddle Demo
CSS
#wrapper{
padding-top: 30px;
}
Another solution is to set #topbar position to relative:
#topbar{
height:30px;
width:100%;
background-color:#333;
position:relative;/*Change to relative*/
color:#FFF;
overflow: hidden;
}
Also is margin-top no marign-top
fiddle
I think this is what you're after:
http://jsfiddle.net/ht8k40tr/
The problem is due to the order in which you're setting the margins.
Currently you're setting the top margin to be 30px, but then you're resetting that by setting all margins to auto, a simpler way to do this is just to set the margin as follows margin: 30px auto which sets the top margin to 30px, and the remaining margins to auto.
Change the "margin-top: 30px;" to "padding-top: 30px;"
#wrapper {
padding-top: 30px;
width:80%;
height:auto;
background-color:#FFF;
left:auto ;
right:auto ;
margin: auto;
}

fixed div width more than intended

take a look at the footer div here which contains all rights reserved
all 3 divs have a width of 70%, but the footer's width is displayed more than intended
#header{
width:70%;
margin: 0 auto;
background:#CCCCCC;}
#container{
width:70%;
margin: 0 auto;
background:#CCCCCC;
}
#footer{
width:70%;
background:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
position:fixed;bottom:0;
left:15%;
}
It's because of the default margin/padding on the body element. it's a good idea to use a reset at the top of your css for consistency. ie
*{margin:0;padding:0;}
This will save you a lot of headaches.
reset the margin, padding for body.
body{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
Updated fiddle
#footer{
width:68%;
margin: 0 auto;
background:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
position:fixed;bottom:0;
left:16%;
}
or can reset the body padding and margin
body{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}

DIV set to overflow:scroll, but wont scroll all the way to bottom

I have a DIV menu that is set to 100% height with a overflow:scroll. Within the DIV I have a ul li. The problem I have is that it wont let me scroll all the way down to see the last li. I can barely see it.
I think it has something to do with my header because when I remove the header, I can see it. When I put back the header, it goes under the browser and cannot be scrolled all the way down to see the last li.
Both li and header are almost identical in height and it makes a lot of sense that the header is causing the problem. Not the header in particular, I think, but more of something I did in CSS.
Why cant I scroll all the way to the bottom? What is the solution?
Sample here: http://jsfiddle.net/D5KU3/2/
<div class="container">
<!--header-->
<div class="header">
</div>
<!--end header-->
<!--left-->
<div class="left">
<!--ul starts here-->
<ul>
<li class="hybrid">
<a href="#">
<p class="title">Why Cant</p>
<p class="type">I scroll all the way to the bottom</p></a>
</li>
Repeat li 20 times
</ul> <!--ul ends here-->
</div> <!--container ends here-->
CSS
body, html {
height:100%;
}
body {
background:white;
}
.container {
width:260px;
height:100%;
overflow:hidden;
background:silver;
margin:0 auto;
font-family:sintony;
}
.header {
width:100%;
height:60px;
background:#000;
}
.left {
width:260px;
height:100%;
background:#fff;
float:left;
overflow:scroll;
}
li.hybrid a {
display:block;
background:#16BF14;
height:60px;
width:260px;
text-decoration:none;
position:relative;
}
li.purple a {
display:block;
background:#3370CC;
height:60px;
width:260px;
text-decoration:none;
position:relative;
}
p.title {
position:relative;
padding-left:10px;
}
p.type {
font-size:12px;
position:relative;
padding-left:10px;
}
ul {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
li p {
margin:0;
padding:0;
list-style-type:none;
}
As you have both the class="header" and class="left" elements in the container, and the class="left" element is 100% of the container, those are 100% plus 60 pixels together.
You can make room for the header by using box-sizing and padding-top in the container. That will make the inner size of the container 100% minus 60 pixels. Then use a negative top margin on the header to place it on top of that padding:
.container {
box-sizing: padding-box;
-moz-box-sizing: padding-box;
-webkit-box-sizing: padding-box;
padding-top: 60px;
}
.header {
margin-top: -60px;
}
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Guffa/D5KU3/11/
You might also want to get rid of the page margin, otherwise the 100% container and the margin is taller than the window:
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
It's actually quite logic - you have your body and html set to 100%. This means the content of the body can't be higher then the available space in your browser - and so you don't see the bottom.
If you remove this CSS the problem is solved; although it might be better to set the body to min-height: 100%. This way the height of the page will always be the complete available space; unless it's content is more than that.
An updates jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/D5KU3/3/
Remove the overflow: hidden; from .container class
.container {
width:260px;
height:100%;
background:silver;
margin:0 auto;
font-family:sintony;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/atYpX/
i would recommend following
.left {
position:absolute;
width:260px;
top:60px;
height:100%;
background:#fff;
overflow:scroll;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/D5KU3/8/

Header at the top always and footer at the bottom

Basiclly i am try to make my header fix at the top of the page, and at the same time i also need my footer must be at the bottom of the page, whethere there is less or more content. But i don't want my footer position fix. So when ever there is large amout to data footer move with that. The code i am using right now is workin great if i don't make my header fix.
<body>
<div id="header">header</div>
<div id="content">content</div>
<div id="footer">footer</div>
</body>
CSS for this is
*{ margin:0px; padding:0px;}
html{
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
}
body {
min-height:100%;
position:relative;
}
#header {
padding:10px;
background:#5ee;
}
#content {
padding:10px;
padding-bottom:80px; /* Height of the footer element */
}
#footer {
width:100%;
height:80px;
position:absolute;
bottom:0;
left:0;
background:#ee5;
}
This is the code, I have not fixed my header in this , but i need some help to it fix.
What you are looking for is specifically called "sticky footer".
http://www.cssstickyfooter.com/
If I understand you right, it seems to me that you're after a sticky header. Try replacing your two rules with following
#header{
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #55EEEE;
padding: 10px;
position: fixed;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
}
#content{
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FF0000;
color: #FFFFFF;
height: 2000px;
margin: 40px 0 0;
padding: 10px 10px 80px;
}
Here is the demo changing the #content height affects footer position but not header's.
Use this
position:fixed;
For your header.
As for footer - use this http://ryanfait.com/sticky-footer/

How to make a fluid sidebar?

I'm creating a sidebar with this CSS code:
.sidebar {
position: absolute;
z-index: 100;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 30%;
height: 100%;
border-right: 1px solid #333;
}
But the sidebar width doesn't scale when I change the browser width. How can I make the sidebar fluid?
Thanks.
Look at the height in body in CSS part.
Here is a working example for you:
Your HTML:
<div id="content">
<p>This design uses a defined body height of 100% which allows setting the contained left and
right divs at 100% height.</p>
</div>
<div id="sidebar">
<p>This design uses a defined body height which of 100% allows setting the contained left and
right divs at 100% height.</p>
</div>
Your CSS:
body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
width:100%; /* this is the key! */
}
#sidebar {
position:absolute;
right:0;
top:0;
padding:0;
width:30%;
height:100%; /* works only if parent container is assigned a height value */
color:#333;
background:#eaeaea;
border:1px solid #333;
}
#content { margin-right: 200px; }
Its kind of an odd issue, but it seems its challenging to get the background color to stretch to the bottom of both columns, when using fluid layout.
I included the workaround along with a simple 2 column fluid layout.
Try this- jsFiddle
html, body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
background:silver;
/* workaround to get the columns to look even,
change color depending on which column is longer */
}
#sidebar {
position:absolute;
left:0px;
top:0px;
padding:0;
width:30%;
background:silver;
word-wrap:break-word;
}
#content {
position:absolute;
right:0px;
width:70%;
word-wrap:break-word;
background:gray;
}