Ok, i've tried LOTS of solutions offered in StackOverflow about this issue, but none of them have worked. I guess this is a tricky thing and needs a tricky solution.
From what I've seen, each problem is different with this 'occupying' the body thing, so I guess I'm here with a different one.
I really need help here, guys.
Here's my problem: http://jsfiddle.net/Ff49Z/5/
And heres what I want: When the "wrapper" div does not fulfill the body, I want the div to expand to the bottom of it anyway. So, in the fiddle, what I'm trying to achieve is not a gray spot on my layout. As you can see, wrappers are 100% height (that is one common solution offered in SO for this problem) and that does not help.
It is this div that does not expand to fit the wrapper:
div#middle {
padding:10px;
margin:0 auto;
height: 100%;
}
BTW, when overscrolling, footer sticks and wrapper scrolls. That is the desired behaviour, and it works flawlessly.
I simply added:
div#middlewrap {
width:100%;
position:absolute;
margin-top:60px;
}
and works as you asked. EDIT: THIS IS WRONG - correct answer below
I was about to give up when I decided to rewrite the css from scratch, and it came out simpler than I expected. I simplified your CSS to the bones and added some cool overflow-y:auto; to the middle wrapper plus some sweet position:fixed; to the header and the footer. Then I adjusted the padding to the #middle content div and added a height:100%; to the body and html(so that every child of body can be successfully set to height:100%;) and that's what came out:
body, html {
margin:0;
height:100%;
}
div#headerwrap, div#footerwrap {
position: fixed;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
div#headerwrap {
top: 0;
height:64px;
background-color: red;
}
div#middlewrap {
height:100%;
overflow-y:auto;
background-color: blue;
}
div#middle {
padding-top:70px;
padding-bottom:35px;
}
div#footerwrap {
bottom: 0;
height:32px;
background-color: green;
}
That's all the CSS you need. Pretty cool uh?
HERE IS THE FIDDLE
Note: I respected your syntax, which is also correct, but it's not necessary to write DIV before every #ID in your css. Deleting those selectors will dramatically decrease your css file weight in bigger projects.
Cheers.
Make all parent elements as height:100%:
body, html, body>div#middlewrap {
height: 100%;
}
div#middle {
min-height:100%;
}
Impossible solely with CSS. Need javascript involved. Take the client height - (header + footer) = min height for the content
Using % height doesn't work because the parent doesn't have a height defined.
Related
All throughout a page I'm working on I continue to get a repetitive layout error that stems from an attempt to float elements left and right in congruence with one another. However, on re-sized and small browsers the float:right elements collapses under the float:left elements each time.
http://jsfiddle.net/g4dbr3ho/4
#wrap {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
#main {
float:left;
max-width: 70%;
max-height: 100%;
margin-left:112px;
padding: 20px;
}
#side {
float:right;
width:auto;
max-height:100%;
background-color:black;
border-style:solid;
border-width:2px;
border-color:red;
}
What I'm looking for is to understand what method is best to use to try executing this format. I'm aware of the inline:block strategy in formatting too, but I find that inaffective in my situation here, also creating new issues.
You should create a div around the #main text. Float that one to the left, give it a width and your sidebar to.
*{
box-sizing: border-box;
}
I've added box-sizing to all. It includes borders and paddings to the width and height.
http://jsfiddle.net/qmd9shu0/1/
You can use
Inline-block (css display property) (with proper width and media queries for responsive if required)
Table-layout (widely supported)
Flexbox (good to use if >ie8 support required)
First at all, is it nessessary to put the sidemain-div inside the main-div ? If not, put both of them as a direct child of the wrapper. With this, you're able to style these elements by position attributes.
Like this:
#wrap {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
#main {
position: absolute;
}
#sidemain {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
margin-left: 10px;
}
I have the whole page set to gray as the background color, but would like only the content area to be set to a different color. According to my CSS, this should be happening but it isn't. Why not?
html,
body {
background-color: #FAFAFA;
}
#page-wrapper {
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
width: 1024px;
}
#content {
background-color: blue;
}
OK, well, I thought there might be an obvious answer, because this is a severly slimmed-down version of my code. Yes it has content and there are things in the page-wrapper.
The jsfiddle link is here: http://jsfiddle.net/2pzo80Lu/
Also, if anyone has critiques of the code otherwise, it would be much appreciated.
You need to add overflow:auto to your rules for #content because the children are floated. Floating them essentailly removes them from the normal flow and collapses the parent since it behaves as if there's no content. Adding the overflow rule restores the behavior you seek.
#content {
background-color: blue;
overflow:auto;
}
jsFiddle example
your elements inside #content div is floated right and left so the div has no height ( 0px ) , you can solve this in css by adding the following code
#content {
background-color: blue;
overflow:auto;
}
or in html by adding the following code before the close of the element of #content
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
this will clear any floating and you code should work very will. good luck
I have this layout:
http://jsfiddle.net/spadez/BN9KJ/2/
It works by having an optional left column. How can I get the column colour extend all the way down the page even if there isn't enough content to fill it.
I was thinking it would be something like this:
height: auto;
But that doesn't seem to work
add the following css
html,body{
height:100%;
}
and then apply height: 100% for the divs
working fiddle
The Logic: setting the height of the body,html element,because it is the parent element..!!
BUT why should we give both html and body --> height:100% ??
the answer is https://stackoverflow.com/a/6654996/2967572
Body looks to its parent (HTML) for how to scale the dynamic property,
so the HTML element needs to have it's height set as well.
just give
#left_column {
width: 250px;
background-color: orange;
float: left;
height:100%; //added
}
along with
html,body{
height:100%;
}
DEMO
BUT
However the content of body will probably need to change dynamically.
Setting min-height to 100% will accomplish this goal.
it will be good alternative to give min-height
#left_column {
width: 250px;
background-color: orange;
float: left;
min-height:100%; //added
}
DEMO with Min-height
I wanted to use "full width" stripe on my footer, but aparently it doesen't want to work. here is the example of what I have right now.:
I want the footer to do a repeat-x over its div. So, going off until the end of the screen (like its done on the upper part). This might be something extremely simple, but I'm fairly inexperienced with CSS styles, so please lend me a hand.
[EDIT] The footer div is inside a wrapper. The edges of the div are aligned with the wrapper width. My question is if its possible for it to "overlap" the limitations, until the end of the screen.
I would also like to give it a specific position, not variable with the end of the article. I understand that I need to use it as position:absolute, but it always apears right after the header, even if I give it a Y position. There is probably something simple I'm forgetting.
Here is the existent code I have in my Footer class:
#footer {
background:url(wp-content/uploads/2012/06/whitestripe.png) repeat-x;
position:relative;
width:100%;
clear:both;
text-align:center;
line-height:16px;
font-size:11px;
}
#footer a {
padding:2px 3px;
color:#004a6a;
text-decoration:none;
}
#footer a:hover {
color:#105a7a;
}
Thank you.
Marco Roberto.
Move the footer element outside the main wrapper so that it isn't constrained by it. Inside the body will do fine for example.
Then change the css:
#footer {
position: absolute; // or fixed if you want it to scroll along
left: 0;
right: 0; // or width: 100%
bottom: 10px; // change to the value you want
}
Hey now define in your css body and html width
as like this
html, body
{
width:100%;
}
background-image:url('paper.gif');
background-repeat:repeat-X;
Try this
http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_background-size.asp
This will help you to study...
Sorry but I can't get this to work. Should be a quick answer.
My html is laid out like so:
<html>
<header>
...
</header>
<body>
<div class = "background"></div>
<div class = "content">
...
</div>
<body>
</html>
The I want the background div to simply place a 1000px background colour down the entire length of the page. The content is then padded 40px on each side, inside this background colour.
The css is like so:
body {
width:1000px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
}
.background {
position:absolute;
top:0px;
width:1000px;
height:100%;
}
.content {
min-height:100%;
padding-left:40px;
padding-right:40px;
}
I thought it worked like so... The body div would expand to hold the min-height of the .content div. This means that 100% height of the .background div would fill the entire body and so the length of the page. However it does not. It only fills the window height. Where am I going wrong?
Thanks
As topek guessed, this will do it:
html, body{
height:100%
}
The reason this works is because percentage CSS heights only work if the parent element has a height defined on it. By adding the above, you're giving .background's parents a height.
Update: based on OP's comment, here's how you would get the .background div to always appear to fill the viewport:
html, body {
height: 100%;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
/* Fixed element that takes up entire viewport */
.background {
position: fixed;
z-index: 1;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
/* Content that stacks above .background */
.content {
position: relative;
z-index: 2;
}
As .content grows larger than the viewport and the user scrolls, the fixed position of .background will keep it always in view.
And of course, a handy example.
All you need is:
body, html {
height:100%
}
Then specify height:100%; any DIV you want to have full height.
BTW - 1000px wide is a bad unit to use. People with 1024 wide screens will get horizontal scrollbars. Better to stick to 980 or less. 960 is good because it can be divided by many factors.
I think this is what you're looking for.
http://jsfiddle.net/sg3s/GxRcp/
The key in this little example is the position: fixed; for .background so that it is kept in the screen while scrolling.
If you don't really want to do this and want the background to expand ARROUND the content just make it a normal / relatively positioned element, and wrap it arround .content...
If you give a more acurate description of the layout you're trying to create (and maybe why in such a way) we may be able to help you better.
Btw, in your example html there is an error, header should be head.
You should put bg into html or body elements as the first choices.
html { background: url("bg.jpg") no-repeat top center; }
or
body { background: url("bg.jpg") no-repeat top center; }
Fixed:
background: url("bg.jpg") no-repeat top center fixed; /* And bg will stay in fixed position */