Making div 100% height of browser window - css

I have two columns for my website and right now the background color ends at the last piece of content in the left column (which is for navigation).
I've tried height:100%, min-height:100%; etc. Doesn't seem to work. here's the css.
.container {
width: 100%;
height:100%;
min-width: 960px;
background: #fbf6f0;
margin: 0 auto;
overflow: hidden;
}
#sidebar1 {
float: left;
position:absolute;
width: 20%;
height:100%;
min-width:220px;
background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #007cb8;
z-index:9999;
}

Use viewport height - vh.
.container {
height: 100vh;
}
Update
Please note, there are potential issues with using VH on Safari iOS. See this thread for more information: Chrome / Safari not filling 100% height of flex parent

Set the body height too
body,html{
height:100%;
}
div {
height:100%
}

The reason the div doesn't fill the entire window by default if because it's parent, the <body> tag probably, only stretches as heigh as it needs to. Add this at the top of your stylesheet (I like to order styles in a similar order to that of the tags in the markup):
html, body {
height:100%;
min-height:100%;
}
edit: grammar

overflow-y: auto;
This css code is for your solution.

Related

Why does margin-top on a div element inside body, show scroll bars on the page? [duplicate]

Out of curiosity, considering the example below, why does having the margin on the #container div cause a vertical scrollbar to appear in the browser? The container is much smaller in height than the body height which is set to 100%.
I have set the padding and margins to 0 for all elements except the #container. Note that I have deliberately omitted absolute positioning on the #container div. In this case how is the browser calculating the height of the body and how is the margin affecting it?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
* { padding:0; margin:0;}
html, body { height:100%; }
#container
{
padding:10px;
margin:50px;
border:1px solid black;
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id='container'>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Example also on JSFiddle
If you paint the backgrounds of html and body (giving each its own color), you'll quickly notice that body is being shifted down along with #container, and #container itself isn't offset from the top of body at all. This is a side effect of margin collapse, which I cover in detail here (although that answer describes a slightly different setup).
It's this behavior that's causing the scrollbar to appear, since you've declared body to have 100% the height of html. Note that the actual height of body is unaffected, as margins are never included in height calculations.
Based upon #BoltClock♦'s answer, I fixed it by zeroing the margin...
so
html,body, #st-full-pg {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
works where id "st-full-pg" is assigned to a panel div (which further contained panel-heading and panel-body)
A bit late, but maybe it helps someone.
Adding float: left; to #container removes the scrollbar, as W3C says:
•Margins between a floated box and any other box do not collapse (not even between a float and its in-flow children).
html,body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
overflow: hidden;
}
This worked for me
adding float:left; is nice, but will interfere with central horizontal positioning using margin:auto;
if you know how big your margin is, you can account for that in your height percentage using calc:
height: calc(100% - 50px);
browser support is good, but only IE11+
https://caniuse.com/#feat=calc
/*removes default margin & padding*/
html, body{
padding: 0px !important;
margin: 0px !important;
}
/*sets body height to max; and allows scrollbar as page content grows*/
body{
min-height: 100vh;
}
I have found a solution: add padding: 1px 0; to body prevents vertical scrollbars to appear
For those who are coming here for an easier to understand answer that even includes code samples, this answer (copied from here) is for you.
No JavaScript or definite pixel values (such as 100px) are required, just, pure CSS and percentages.
If your div is just sitting there on its own, height: 50% will mean 50% the height of the body. Normally, the height of the body is zero without any visible content, so 50% of that is just, well, zero.
This is the solution (based on this) (uncomment the background lines to get a visualisation of the padding):
/* Makes <html> take up the full page without requiring content to stretch it to that height. */
html
{
height: 100%;
/* background: green; */
}
body
{
/*
100% the height of <html> minus 1 multiple of the total extra height from the padding of <html>.
This prevents an unnecessary vertical scrollbar from appearing.
*/
height: calc(100% - 1em);
/* background: blue; */
}
/* In most cases it's better to use stylesheets instead of inline-CSS. */
div
{
width: 50%;
height: 50%;
background: red;
}
<div></div>
The above was written so that there would still be the usual padding. You could set the dimensions of the red div to 100% and still see padding on each side/end. If you don't want this padding, use this (although it doesn't look nice, I recommend you stick with the first example):
/* Makes <html> take up the full page without requiring content to stretch it to that height. */
html, body
{
height: 100%;
}
/* You can uncomment it but you wouldn't be able to see it anyway. */
/*
html
{
background: green;
}
*/
body
{
margin: 0;
/* background: blue; */
}
/* In most cases it's better to use stylesheets instead of inline-CSS */
div
{
width: 50%;
height: 50%;
background: red;
}
<div></div>
I saw this problem fixed before where you put all the contents of body in a div called wrap. Wrap's style should be set to position: relative; min-height: 100%;. To position #container div 50px from the top and left put a div inside wrap with a padding set to 50px. Margins will not work with wrap and the div we just made, but they will work in #container and everything inside it.
here's my fix on jsfiddle.
you can add non-breaking space into the body tag.
<body> <othertags>...</body>
html, body {
height: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
If you want to remove the body scrolling add the following style:
body {
height: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
Inspired by #BoltClock, I tried this and it worked, even when zoom out and in.
Browser: Chrome 51
html{
height: 100%;
}
body{
height: 100%;
margin: 0px;
position: relative;
top: -20px;
}
I guess body was shifted down 20px.
It works for me:
html,
body {
height: 100%;
height: -webkit-fill-available; // Chrome
}
// Firefox
#-moz-document url-prefix() {
body {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 1px;
}
}
Add overflow: hidden; to html and body.
html, body {
height: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
I found a quick solution: try set height to 99.99% instead of 100%

I can't force this image to 100% in Firefox?

The code is here:
<div class="entry-page-image">
<div class="featured-image-container">
<?php the_post_thumbnail('large'); ?>
</div>
</div><!-- .entry-page-image -->
Effected by this css:
.entry-page-image { position: fixed; display: inline-block; top: 0; margin: 0 0 30px 30px; margin-left: 260px; float:left; width: 100%; }
.featured-image-container { height: 100%; width: auto; }
.featured-image-container img { height: 100%; width: auto; }
However in Firefox the browser takes the standard 1024px high image, and wont scale it down to be 100% of the browser window height. I'm aware this is quite a common problem, but I can't seem to rephrase my code to the right effect.
Anyone fancy shifting it about for me?
The issue here is that height:100%; on .featured-image-container sizes the height relative to the height of its container.
In this case, the height of the container is equal to the height of the content in the container (the natural height of the image).
If you manually set the height on html,body to 100% then you'll find that the height of your div is now as you'd expect.
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/EyLHG/
html,body{
height:100%;
}
.container{
width:auto;
height:100%;
border:1px solid red;
}
img{
min-height:100%;
}
Update
Also, setting the width of the image to auto will cause the width to be the default width of the image rather than of the container. Setting the width to be 100% will fix this scaling issue:
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/EyLHG/2/
just saw your website, I think there is image still in below the browser as well, I think you might need to add position:relative; to .entry-page-image

100% window height | 100% parent div width

I want to create an HTML page which:
Appears centred horizontally
Has a white background the entire height of the window
Contains a fixed header and scrollable content
I am having two issues related to {width: 100%} and {height: 100%}.
My header is 100% of the page width, when I expect it to be 100% of its parent width.
The background appears at 100% of the window height, but it then scrolls up with the content.
I would appreciate any help in understanding how CSS treats the 100% value in these two cases. I am not asking for a workaround: I already have that. I am asking for insights into the way CSS thinks.
Many thanks in advance,
James
Here's a demo of the issue
And here's the barebones HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Width & Height 100%</title>
<style>
html {
height:100%;
}
body {
background: #666;
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
#container {
position: relative;
height:100%;
background: white;
width: 400px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0 0;
}
#header {
position:fixed;
z-index:100;
background:#ffe;
/* width:760px; */
width:100%;
height:64px;
}
#content {
position: absolute;
left:20px;
width:360px;
height:360px;
margin:64px 0 0 0;
background:#efe;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="header">
Fixed header
</div>
<div id="content">
Scrollable content
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
All of these fixed positions are going to give you headaches.
About the widths: the box model is usually the problem. I start every CSS with body height and width set to 100%, and then reset my box model so it matches across browsers, and applies all of my padding to the inside of a box instead of the outside:
/* Set box models to match across browsers. */
* {
box-sizing:border-box;
-moz-box-sizing:border-box;
webkit-box-sizing:border-box;
max-width:100%;
}
Then set your width on a container using padding, first the mobile width, then the screen width to override:
#container {
padding: 0px 10px;
}
#media only screen
and (min-width : 700px) {
#container {
padding: 0% 30%;
}
}
For a full layout, you can visit my site:
http://instancia.net/fluid-sticky-footer-layout/
I should probably add the mobile bit to that page. :)
Fix header
Change the header position fixed to position absolute
Fix content height
* {
margin: 0;
}
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
#container{
min-height: 100%;
height: auto !important;
height: 100%;
background:#efe;
}
#content {
padding: 64px 20px 0;
}
Live example with pos fixed
http://jsfiddle.net/qB4sD/1/

Set Div to 100% of Body

I have a div called 'main-container' that I want to be the height of my content. At the moment, the div is only as tall as my browser window. I've tried to correct this like so:
html, body{
height: 100%;
background-color: $main-background-color;
}
#main-container {
width: 1024px;
height: 100%;
background-color: darken($main-background-color, 5%);
}
Unfortunately, this doesn't work. I've also tried:
#main-container {
width: 1024px;
min-height: 100%;
height:auto !important;
background-color: darken($main-background-color, 5%);
}
This has no effect, either. I've also reworked my layout not use floats, but that didn't solve the problem. After scouring the net, I haven't found any other solutions that work. Does anyone else have an idea?
Also, I don't know if this would affect things, but I'm using Rails 3.
At the bottom of your #main-container div, insert the following code:
<div id="push"></div>
Then in your CSS, add the following:
#push {
clear:both;
}
This should then push the whole container to the height of the content, regardless of floating divs.
I may be misunderstanding what you are trying to accomplish. But if all you want is for your div to be the height of the content, then simply do not declare a height...
html, body{
background-color: $main-background-color;
}
#main-container {
width: 1024px;
background-color: darken($main-background-color, 5%);
}
Try setting min-height:100% instead of height on html/body, as height:100% will limit its size to the viewport.
Your main-container should then be able to stretch it, when higher than the viewport.
html, body{
min-height: 100%;
background-color: $main-background-color;
}
#main-container {
width: 1024px;
background-color: darken($main-background-color, 5%);
}

CSS height 100% issue

I know there are a lot of questions about a css 100% height problem.
However I've tried to follow the instructions there and still the height isn't 100%,
so I thought I'd ask the question again.
The site where you can see the problem is:
www.exendo.be
some css styles:
html {
height: auto !important;
margin: 0;
min-height: 100%;
padding: 0;
}
body {
background: url("/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bg.png") repeat-x scroll 0 100px #F2F7E8;
height: auto !important;
margin: 0;
min-height: 100%;
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
}
wrapper {
height: auto !important;
min-height: 100%;
position: relative;
}
footer-container {
background: url("/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/exendo-footer_bg.png") no-repeat scroll center bottom #557F40;
height:146px;
}
As you can see on the site, the footer is too high on the page.
If I inspect the page with Firebug, I can see that the html is 100% height, but the body tag isn't.
The problem both occurs on Firefox and IE.
If anybody could help that would be great!
A number of people suggested position:absolute; bottom:0;
This can cause an issue if the content is taller than the container. The height will not increase so the content will no longer fit and can get cut off or result in ugly scroll bars.
If you can give a fixed height to the container, this is ideal since the height:100% will then work on the child element. In case the content is too large, you can put a background on the child with overflow:visible on the parent, so the content still displays. This helps, but it can still break unless the child is the same width as the parent.
If that doesn't work, I recommend using min-height in em or pixels. This will make sure the height fills the parent, and expands if the content is too long. This worked best for customer comments on www.baka.ca
I think this article can help you.
According to this article:
Assign "position:relative" to your "container" div - page, page-container, or wrapper (I'm not sure to which one of the three, just try), and then "position:absolute; bottom:0;" to your "footer-container" div.
I hope that helps you.
#denappel; give html & body 100% height put footer outside of your main div wrapper & give margin-bottom in minus according to the height of footer.
css:
.wrapper {
position: relative;
width: 700px;
font-size: 0.9em;
margin: 0 auto -142px;
background:yellow;
}
.header {
height: 190px;
background:green;
}
.footer {
position: relative;
width: 700px;
margin: 0 auto;
background:red;
}
* {
margin: 0;
}
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
.wrapper {
min-height: 100%;
height: auto !important;
height: 100%;
margin: 0 auto -142px;
.footer, .push {
height: 142px;
}
check this example
http://jsfiddle.net/sandeep/tCdPX/3/
this functionally called stickyfooter

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