Bootstrap fluid layout - fixed width of sidebar - css

i have a fluid layout based of twitters bootstrap.
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span2">
<!--Sidebar content-->
</div>
<div class="span10">
<!--Body content-->
</div>
</div>
</div>
It would be very nice to have the sidebar a fixed width. if a change the layout from fluid to "static" and set the width of sidebar to
220px
and i resize the window or change my resolution to 1024... the body-content jumps under the sidebar. how can i avoid this?
EDIT:
Got it. Will post my "solution" later on. thanks for your responses


I think you are looking something like this:
<div class="sidebar span4">
this is my fixed sidebar
</div>
<div class="main">
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span2">this is fluid</div>
<div class="span3 offset1">yeah!</div>
<div class="span6">Awesome!</div>
</div>
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span6">1 half</div>
<div class="span6">2 half</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
here´s a fiddle for your convenience: http://jsfiddle.net/TT8uV/2/
As as general note:
You don´t need to use bootstrap as your 'main container', so you can place your
sidebar side-by-side with a grid system (like bootstrap
fluid and responsive). This way you have A LOT of control of the
sidebar, without affecting the actual content.
Hope it works for you.


I think this is what you need: http://jsfiddle.net/U8HGz/1/

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