CSS - Two Columns, Want The Height To Match Column1, Regardless Of Content In Column2
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I have two columns on a site I'm working on, which are a liquid height, this works fine, the page scales the overall page height to contain all off the content. The thing is, I want column 1 to dictate the height of the page, and for column 2 to match that height and add scroll bars if needed. So far I have: Code: #wrapper { width:975px; background-image: url("../Images/main_background.jpg"); } #left_column { width:625px; float:left; padding:0px 25px 0px 25px; } #right_column { width:250px; float:right; padding:0px 25px 0px 25px; } I experimented with adding overflow:auto;, overflow:scroll; and height:inherit; to the right column, but it still stretches to contain the content in the right_column. Any ideas? Thanks guys. Similar TutorialsI am baffled by what seems like a simple task which I can't seem to find the solution to. I've two columns (#top_left, #top_right) inside a containing div (#top_container). I want both columns to be the same height (100%). So if the column on the right has more content, the column on the left will stretch to match the same height. If I set a fixed height on the containing div (#top_container), it fixes the issue, since at this point my declaration of height:100% on the two columns actually knows what it is supposed to be 100% of. But then I run into overflow issues if the content goes over fixed height and when I try min-height, the columns fail to stretch once more. Here is my code: Code: <style type="text/css"> #top_container {width:760px;} #top_left {float:left; height:100%; width:200px;} #top_right {float:left; height:100%; width:560px;} </style> <div id="top_container"> <div id="top_left">Content</div> <div id="top_right">Content</div> <br clear="all" /> </div> I've slimmed down the code and cut out non relevant pieces like font styling, colors, and other non pertinent sections. Hello, I'm working now on div layout that contains 3 sections (header, body, footer) in one centered wrapper with border (divs with background imgs). My problem is: - divs that are in fact borders (id="l_outerborder_b" and id="r_outerborder_b") don't stretch when main container (id="body_content_text") grows. Here is a html code: Code: <!--BEGIN TEMPLATE HEADER --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <link href="template.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="template.js" /> </head> <body onload="onloadprocedures()"> <div id="main_container"> <div id="template_header"> <div id="tl_outerborder"></div> <div id="t_outerborder"></div> <div id="tr_outerborder"></div> <div id="l_outerborder_h"></div> <div id="header_content"> <div id="logo"><img src="img/logo.png" alt="" /></div> <div id="slogan"><img src="img/slogan.png" alt="Centrum zdrowia" /></div> </div> <div id="r_outerborder_h"></div> </div> <!-- END TEMPLATE HEADER --> <!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE BODY --> <div id="template_body"> <div id="l_outerborder_b"></div> <div id="body_content"> <div id="body_content_text"> <p>TEST</p> </div> </div> <div id="r_outerborder_b"></div> </div> <!-- END TEMPLATE BODY --> <!-- BEGIN TEMPLATE FOOTER --> <div id="template_footer"> <div style="clear:both"></div> <div id="l_outerborder_f"></div> <div id="footer_content"></div> <div id="l_outerborder_f"></div> <div id="bl_outerborder"></div> <div id="b_outerborder"></div> <div id="br_outerborder"></div> </div> </div> </body> </html> <!-- END TEMPLATE FOOTER --> and CSS: Code: @charset "utf-8"; /* CSS Document */ body { background-color:#FFFFFF; font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, "Times New Roman", Arial; font-size:12px; } a:link {text-decoration: none} /* unvisited link */ a:visited {text-decoration: none} /* visited link */ a:hover {text-decoration: none} /* mouse over link */ a:active {text-decoration: none} /* selected link */ #main_container { position:relative; margin:auto; width:960px; height:auto; } #template_header { float:left; position:relative; width:960px; height:300px; } #header_content { float:left; position:relative; width:900px; height:270px; } #logo { width:310px; height:130px; position:relative; float:left; top:0px; left:0px; } #slogan { width:580px; height:100px; position:relative; float:left; top:0px; left:0px; } #tl_outerborder { float:left; position:relative; background-image:url(img/tl_outerborder.png); width:30px; height:30px; } #t_outerborder { float:left; position:relative; background-image:url(img/t_outerborder.png); width:900px; height:30px; } #tr_outerborder { float:left; position:relative; background-image:url(img/tr_outerborder.png); width:30px; height:30px; } #l_outerborder_h { float:left; position:relative; background-image:url(img/l_outerborder.png); background-repeat:repeat-y; width:30px; height:270px; } #r_outerborder_h { float:right; position:relative; background-image:url(img/r_outerborder.png); background-repeat:repeat-y; width:30px; height:270px; } #body_content { float:left; position:relative; width:900px; overflow:hidden; } #body_content_text { float:left; position:relative; width:600px; margin: auto; overflow:hidden; } #l_outerborder_b { float:left; position:relative; background-image:url(img/l_outerborder.png); background-repeat:repeat-y; width:30px; height:inherit; } #r_outerborder_b { float:right; position:relative; background-image:url(img/r_outerborder.png); background-repeat:repeat-y; width:30px; height:inherit; } #l_outerborder_f { float:left; position:relative; background-image:url(img/l_outerborder.png); background-repeat:repeat-y; width:30px; height:inherit; } #r_outerborder_f { float:right; position:relative; background-image:url(img/r_outerborder.png); background-repeat:repeat-y; width:30px; height:inherit; } #template_body { float:left; position:relative; width:960px; overflow:hidden; } #bl_outerborder { float:left; position:relative; background-image:url(img/bl_outerborder.png); width:30px; height:30px; } #b_outerborder { float:left; position:relative; background-image:url(img/b_outerborder.png); width:900px; height:30px; } #br_outerborder { float:left; position:relative; background-image:url(img/br_outerborder.png); width:30px; height:30px; } Thanks in advance for info how to stretch those doomed divs EDIT: Here is layout concept. URL hTTp://qsrc.pl/layout.jpg I am having a problem trying to get one column match the height of another. Within a large DIV box, I created two columns separated by about 20 px. I floated one to the left, then pushed one over to the right. Both boxes will expand depending on the amount of content, but I would like them to match the same height. The boxes will be used throughout the entire website, so it would not make sense to create a background image to try and trick it into being the same height.. or actually specifying the height. Is there any way to tell the left box to be the same height as the right box?? I tried to link to my site but it won't let a new member link to a website. Doh! Nevermind, I fixed my problem. Hi everyone. I have a header with a menu div inside of it with the following settings: position: absolute margin-left: 250px margin-right: auto and height... Now, below that menu, I have a sub menu - it uses the same settings, with a bigger height of course, but it is styled completely different. The idea is, I want the sub menu to be different for every page the user is on. The main menu may change, I.e., have an extra menu item in it for specific pages. So, this is what I am trying to achieve... If MAIN MENU is a longer length then SUB MENU, I would like the sub menu to be the same width. Keeping in mind that the main menu is fluid and width is not set. Now, alternatively, if the SUB MENU is longer than the main menu, I would like the main menu to be the same length as the sub menu, again, keeping in mind that the sub menu is also fluid and will change width depending on the number of menu items. I mean, I know I could just set some arbitrary width for both, something I am sure will be wide enough despite what is inside of each menu, but I'd really rather avoid doing that, I don't want them both to always be X width, rather, I want the width to be able to change, but both at the same time, not one or the other. I hope that explains what I'm trying to accomplish here, if not, please feel free to ask any questions that would help you understand what I mean better. Thank you much. Hello all. I have a site with 2 columns. I would like the left column to be the same height as the right column. The right column will always be longer than the left. Here is what I have so far: Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="vi" /> <title>My page </title> <style type="text/css"> * { font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { background: #0b89b8; margin: 0; padding: 0; } #container { width: 100%; } #header { width: 100%; color: #ffffff; font-size: 2em; padding: 0.5em 0; text-indent: 0.5em; background-color: #00ff00; } /* end #header */ #header p { padding-left: 10%; } #side_menu { background-color: #ff0000; float: left; margin: 0; width: 10%; color: #ffffff; } /* end .side_menu */ #side_menu ul { list-style-type: none; border-top: 1px solid #ffffff; } #side_menu ul li { border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff; padding: 0.5em 0; text-align: center; } #side_menu ul li a { color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; } #content { width: 90%; float: left; background: #ffffff; } .content_container { clear: both; padding-bottom: 1em; } .content_header_even, .content_header_odd { width: 100%; background-color: #69bfde; color: #595441; padding: 0.5em 0; text-indent: 1em; } /* end .content_header_even, .content_header_odd */ .content_header_odd { background-color: #b4e8fb; } .content_graph { float: left; padding-right: 1em; } .content_graph_info, .content_info { padding: 1em; margin: 1em; } .content_graph_info { float: left; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="container"> <div id="header"><p>Header</p></div> <div id="side_menu"> <ul> <li><a href="index.php">Home</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="content"> <div class="content_container"> <p class="content_header_even">Subheader</p> <div class="content_info"> <p>Number: 34906607<br /> Percent: 21.84%<br /> Size: 1.085<br /> Total size : 11.78%</p> </div> <div class="content_graph_container"> <div class="content_graph_info">Text a. </div> <div class="content_graph_info">Text b.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> Any thoughts? Hi, I am trying to better understand how column heights are displayed, and how to create full height columns. On this page http://tapmeister.com/layout_test/index.html, the column which drives the height of the page is <div id="main">, and the left and right columns do not span the entire column height, and the red <div id="content"> shows at the bottom of both side columns. On this page http://tapmeister.com/layout_test/index2.html, I put less stuff in the center <div id="main"> so it wouldn't drive the height of the page. The green <div id="main">, however, did cover the entire column unlike the left and right column on the earlier page. Can anyone help me understand what is going on, and why one column has full height color yet not the other one? Also, what is the best way to make the left and right column have full height color? I know I can apply a repeating background graphic to <div id="content"> which mimics the appearance of the left and right column, however, it would be nice to do differently if possible. My code is listed below (sorry about the ugly colors!) Thanks Code: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Layout Test</title> <style type="text/css"> * {margin: 0; padding: 0;} body {background-color: olive;} #wrapper { width: 100%; background-color: blue; margin: auto; } #main { margin: 0 180px; background-color: green; } #content {background-color: red;} #side1 { width:180px; float:left; background-color:yellow; } #side2 { width: 180px; float:right; background-color:yellow;} #footer { clear:both; background-color:lime; border-top: 10px solid black; } #header {background-color: purple;} .clear { clear:both; } </style> </head> <body id="page_bg"> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header">My Header</div> <div id="content"> <div id="side2"> <p>Right Column go here. Right Column go here. Right Column go here. Right Column go here. Right Column go here. Right Column go here. Right Column go here. Right Column go here. Right Column go here. Right Column go here. 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Not sure how to title this message, but here's the problem: I've got a site that has three columns of variable length text. Each column must have a 2px left border. No problem so far. Under each column of text, I must align a block of links. These blocks must align along the top link. The borders must continue from the top of the text to the bottom of the links. Does this make sense? The problem I have is the border is only solid on the column with the longest amount of text and breaks on the shorter ones. I can get this to work by setting a fixed height for the text, but that doesn't seem like a great solution as it would have to be changed as the text length changes. my CSS: Code: .box {border-left: 2px #CCCCCC solid; width: 254px; float: left; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;} .txt {font: verdana; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;} .linkscontainer {width: 853px; clear: both;} .linkbox1 {bottom: 0px; position: relative; border-left: 2px #CCCCCC solid; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; float: left; width: 254px;} .linkbox {bottom: 0px; position: relative; border-left: 2px #CCCCCC solid; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; float: left; width: 254px;} my html: Code: <html> <head> <link href="test.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <div class="box"><div class="txt>">aldfjlaf lj ladfjklafj l flj adlj l <br /> <p>afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf <br /> afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf</p> </div> </div> <div class="box"><div class="txt>">aldfjlaf lj ladfjklafj l flj adlj l <br /> <p>afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf <br /> afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf</p> <p>afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf <br /> afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf</p> <p>afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf <br /> afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf</p> <p>afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf <br /> afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf</p> </div> </div> <div class="box"><div class="txt>">aldfjlaf lj ladfjklafj l flj adlj l <br /> <p>afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf <br /> afljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alfafljlaf lj fljf lf ljf lj dflj asdflj alf</p> </div> </div> <div class="linkscontainer"> <div class="linkbox1">link 1<br /> link 2<br /> link 3<br /> link 4<br /> </div> <div class="linkbox">link 1<br /> link 2<br /> link 3<br /> link 4<br /> </div> <div class="linkbox">link 1<br /> link 2<br /> link 3<br /> link 4<br /> </div> </div> </body> </html> Thanks for any help! :grimey Hi I need these 3 columns http://dmumford.bizhat.com/equalheights.htm to be of equal height regardless of what column has the most text in. Could somone please help me with this, I have looked at Paul OB's 2 col example but I am at a puzzle how to do it with my requirements!! Your help is much appreciated! Hello, Below is css I am trying to get to work and use as a template for a two column , header, and footer layout. I can get by with css, but an not a designer so can't figure out the exact specifics on how to do this. I've looked at many sites, make examples, javascripts included, but either they are to hard to fit into what I am looking for or just cause me to hit my head against the wall. I'm trying to get the left columns background to fill height 100% to the footer. The content's doesn't need it because the wrapper's background act's as its color. Also, if either column's height changes past the screen's height. I need the footer to move down too. Currently, I tested if the left-column and the main content goes past the screen's height it will just go past the footer. This works beacuse the css I have currently is making sure that the footer is always at the bottom. Code: <html > <head> <title>Untitled Page</title> <style type="text/css"> html { overflow-y: scroll; /* forces firefox scrollbar on */ } body { margin: 0; padding: 0; background: #F2F2F2; font: 100% Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: 100%; } /* text-align: center; is so that the content will float in the center*/ div.wrapper { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 100%; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 42px; } div.header { position: relative; width: 100%; background-color: blue; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 1.5em; height: 42px; } div.footer { position: absolute; bottom: 0; width: 100%; background-color: blue; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; font-size: 1.5em; height: 42px; } div.wrapper .left { width: 215px; float: left; background: yellow; height: 100%; min-height: 100%; } div.wrapper .right { width:auto; margin-left: 215px; } div.wrapper .tabs { background: green; height: 35px; } div.wrapper .mainContent { } </style> </head> <body> <div id="header" class="header">header</div> <div class="wrapper"> <div id="leftColumn" class="left">left content</div> <div class="right"> <div class="tabs">Tabs go here</div> <div class="mainContent">Main content goes here</div> </div> </div> <div id="footer" class="footer">footer</div> </body> </html> Any help would be appreciated thanks in advance. Risso Hi i want to have a site with 3 columns a header and a footer where the height of the content and both the columns spreads to fill the page even if there is only a few lines of content. Also i wanted to have a margin round the page so that the page doesnt fill the screen horizontal. i cant seem to get it to work correctly does anyone have an example i can look at? cheers Andy I'm trying to replicate what I had in html tables with css div. The final (I hope) problem is that as I populate cells with data retrieved from a MySQL data base there are columns that want to expand beyond the default height. When that happens, that cell overlaps the next row. If I use min-height, the cell alignment goes haywire because other cells are below the minimum. The workaround is to increase the default height, but that doesn't make me love divs. Is there a solution to this? Here's my code (stripped down--there'e a lot more to the application, and sanitised for anonymity). Thank you. <style type="text/css" media="screen, print, projection"> body, html { margin:0; padding:0; color:#000; background:LightBlue; } #wrap { width:99.5%; margin:0 auto; background:LightBlue; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; border: none; } #p { float:left; width:72.5%; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; border: 3px solid navy; } # li { border-bottom: 1px solid navy; height: 36px; font-size:small; } #p li.header { border-bottom: 1px solid navy; font-weight:bold; font-size:medium; height: 24px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; } #p ul { margin:0; padding:0px; list-style:none; } #p p { font-weight:bold; font-size: medium: padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; } #title { border-bottom: 1px solid navy; width:100%; } #button { float:left; border-bottom: 1px solid navy; border-right: 1px solid navy; width:10%; } #pt { float:left; border-bottom: 1px solid navy; border-right: 1px solid navy; width:20%; } #c { float:left; border-bottom: 1px solid navy; border-right: 1px solid navy; width:30%; } #ex { float:left; border-bottom: 1px solid navy; border-right: 1px solid navy; width:19%; } #az { float:left; border-bottom: 1px solid navy; border-right: 1px solid navy; width:9%; } #ep { float:left; border-bottom: 1px solid navy; width:11%; } </style> </head> <body> <?php // code to connect to mysql and do do some other stuff goes here $cl=field_already_retrieved_from db; echo "<div id=wrap>"; //wrapper for entire page (the real application does a lot more than this section $result = mysql_query //sql select statment goes here $num_rows = mysql_num_rows($result); echo "<div id='p'>"; //wrapper for p's echo "<div id='title'>"; echo "<ul><li class=header>Lines</li></ul>"; echo "</div>"; //end title while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $p=$row['p']; $v=$row['V']; echo "<form action='detail.php' method='post'> "; echo "<div id='button'>"; //button to display line detail echo "<ul><li>"; echo "<input type='submit' class='btn' name='line' value ='Detail'><input type='hidden' name='p' value ='$p'><input type='hidden' name='v' value ='$v'><input type='hidden' name='cl' value ='$cl'>"; echo "</li></ul>"; echo "</div>"; //end button echo "</form>"; echo "<div id='pt'>"; echo "<ul><li>"; echo $row['pt']; echo "</li></ul>"; echo "</div>"; //end pt echo "<div id='c'>"; echo "<ul><li>"; echo $row['c'] . "/" . $row['PN']; echo "</li></ul>"; echo "</div>";//end c echo "<div id='ex'>"; echo "<ul><li>"; echo $row['Ex']; echo "</li></ul>"; echo "</div>"; //end ex echo "<div id='az'>"; echo "<ul><li>"; echo $row['az']; echo "</li></ul>"; echo "</div>"; //end az echo "<div id='ep'>"; echo "<ul><li>"; echo $row['ep']; echo "</li></ul>"; echo "</div>"; //end ep echo "</form>"; } // end while (select lines from database) echo "</div>"; //end p--wrap for lines echo "</div>"; //end wrap--entire page mysql_close($con); ?> </body> </html> Hello, im trying to make Fixed width 3 columns (each column have fixed width) layout 100% height with header and footer. -Well I see alot of examples around the web, but i dont see complete one and im really tired of searching, i made the Fixed width 3 comlumns layout, left and right are absolute position, and center is relative to the header -the problem is that all columns dont fill the whole height of the browser windows, the footer doesnot work good. so the whole thing is missed up, so please show 100% working example of what i need. Thanks in Advanced Samer Hi, I have a multi-column layout where I want every column to always be the same height. Any one of the columns may be the longest on any given page, so the other columns have to automatically adjust to match that height. Usually I'd just use the faux column technique where you repeat a background image, but that won't work because of two elements on this page: 1. each column has a border all the way around it. 2. one column resizes with the page. I've read the articles on liquid layouts with faux columns, but as far as I can tell those techniques won't work if your columns have borders. Does anyone know any technique that would work here? Thanks. I searched for something I want but I didn't find exactly that, or maibe something is wrong but in IE the page does not look ok. What I want is to have my page looks identical in IE as in FF or OPERA. I will explain here how I done the code PHP Code: <td rowspan="2" width="600" align="left" height="100%" valign="top" > <div class="brand_list_big"> <div class="box_header" style="background-color:#79B602;">CARS LISTED BY BRANDS</div> <div class="box_content" style="width:560px;"> <div class="brand_list_header"><span style="float:left;"><strong>Audi</strong></span><span style="float: right;">Total Cars : 2</span></div> <div class="car_list"> <span class="fleft"><a href="#">audi tt</a></span><span class="fright"><img 1><img 2></span><br> <span class="fleft"><a href="#">Saturn Sky Roadster</a></span><span class="fright"><img 1><img 2></span><br> </div> ... <div class="brand_list_header"><span style="float:left;"><strong>Alfa-Romeo</strong></span><span style="float: right;">Total Cars : 0</span></div> ... div.box_header { width: 99,5%; margin: 1px 1px 1px 1px; padding: 5px 0 5px 0; font-weight:bold; font-size: 12px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } div.box_content { margin: 0 1px 1px 1px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px; height: 100%; scrollbar-face-color:#7098DF; scrollbar-highlight-color:#7098DF; scrollbar-3dlight-color:#FFFFFF; scrollbar-darkshadow-color:#FFFFFF; scrollbar-shadow-color:#919AA4; scrollbar-arrow-color:#FFCC00; scrollbar-track-color:#FFFFFF; } .brand_list_header { width: 99,5%; padding: 2px 0 2px 5px; background-color:#E3FEB1; border: 1px solid #CCCCCC; border-bottom: 0 solid #CCCCCC; margin-top: 10px; overflow:auto; /* I added this now and in ff and Opera everithing is ok, but not in IE*/ } .car_list { border: 1px solid #CCCCCC; background-color:#FFFFFF; clear:both; overflow:auto; } .fleft { float: left; margin: 2px 2px 2px 10px; clear:left; } .fright { float: right; } img.new_img { margin: 2px 10px 0 0 ; /*the img from my code( <img 1>, <img 2> ) have this class*/ } Any Ideea why in IE the divs are not ok ? First I tried to list the cars from a brand using <li> elements but I didn't know how to align the images ( icons ) at the right side, like are now. 10x in advance, waiting for a response see ya Hello All, I'm currently trying to finish the main design for my church's website - and I'm having a problem with the #mainbody height. LINK TO SITE :: http:// update.gcmpg.com/ If I don't specify a height for #mainbody, it looks like this :: http:// img522.imageshack.us/img522/7663/noheight.png If I do specify a height for #mainbody (350px in this case), it looks like this :: http:// img716.imageshack.us/img716/5158/height350px.png Basically I'm trying to avoid having to specify a height for #mainbody on every page, it seems like a ridiculous notion to have to do so. I've tried the clearfix, but it doesn't work. and I'm having a brain fart. Thanks in advance for all the replies! Cheers! PS -don't mind the ugly graphics - they're just placeholders Hi, I'm working on a website with a header and footer. I want the footer to sit at the bottom of the page even when the content is shorter than the page. I got that to work but can't seem to get the content div to stretch to meet the footer. The background color is different so I need it to stretch down the page. The website is here http://www.tcglv.com/3dgweb/index2.html Here's the css... I'd appreciate it if anyone can see what i'm missing here... Code: * { padding:0; margin:0; } html,body { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: .8em; background-image:url(../images/gradient.jpg); background-attachment: fixed; color:#4F4F4F; margin:0; padding:0; height:100%; } a { color: #0A2A57; text-decoration:none; } a:visited { color: #000; text-decoration:none; } a:active, a:focus { border-style: none; text-decoration:none; } #wrapper { background-image: url(../images/gradient_interior.jpg); width: 955px; text-align:center; margin: 0 auto -88px; position:relative; height:auto !important; /* real browsers */ height:100%; /* IE6: treaded as min-height*/ min-height:100%; /* real browsers */ } #header { background-image: url(../images/header.png); background-repeat:no-repeat; width:907px; height:215px; margin:0 auto; font-size:0.85em; color:#ffffff; text-align:right; } #header_interior.interior { margin-top:27px; } #header.interior { height:136px; } #header ul { padding-top:2px; } #header li { display:inline; padding-left: 10px; padding-right:15px; background: url(../images/bullet.jpg) no-repeat left center; } #header li.end { padding-right:36px; } #header a:link, #header a:visited, #header a:active { color:#ffffff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; } #header a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } #header_interior { float:left; text-align:left; height: 210px; position: absolute; left: auto; top: 0; } #logo { float:left; position: relative; z-index: 10; } #topnav { padding-top:5px; position: relative; z-index: 10; float: right; left: auto; } #main { width:901px; background-image:url(../images/main_back.png); background-repeat:repeat-y; background-position:left; margin:0 auto; padding-left:4px; padding-right:3px; } #main_interior, #main_interior2 { background-image:url(../images/gradient_grey.jpg); background-color: #fff; background-repeat: repeat-x; text-align:left; padding:25px 25px 25px 25px; background-position: left -20px; } #menu { width:908px; background-image:url(../images/menu_back.png); background-position:left; margin:auto; text-align: center; } #menu a { margin-left: -4px; } #footer a { color:#4F4F4F; text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal; } #content { padding-bottom:98px; } #logos { text-align:center; } #footer { width:843px; height:73px; background-image:url(../images/footer_back.png); background-repeat:no-repeat; margin:0 auto; text-align:left; padding:15px 30px 30px; color:#6D6D6D; font-size:0.8em; position:absolute; bottom:0; left:20px; } #footer a { color:#888888; } #footer ul { list-style: none; margin-bottom:7px; } #footer li { display:inline; background-image:url(../images/border.jpg); background-position:right 3px; background-repeat:no-repeat; padding-right:18px; margin-right:17px; } #footer li.end { padding: 0; margin:0; background-image:url(../blank.gif); } #iii { float:right; margin-right:-20px; padding-top:12px; height:30px; } .learn { margin-top:30px; } .padding { margin-right:50px; } .padding_2 { padding-right:15px; } .padding_3 { padding-bottom:16px; } .padding_4 { padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px; } .padding_5 { padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:5px; } .clear { clear:both; height:0; } p { margin-bottom:15px;margin-top:15px; } h1 {font-size:16px;} .topnavul { float: left; margin-left: 195px; width: 250px; } .style3 {font-size: 12px} .style5 { font-size: 16px; color: #FF0000; font-weight: bold; } body,td,th { font-size: 0.8em; } Hello, I'm working on a website for a client: http://evoxdesigns.com/rimlox/ http://evoxdesigns.com/rimlox/rimlox.css My current problem is getting the body to scale to 100% height. At the moment, it stretches to 100% of the browser window, which is great, but if if the content within all the nested divs expands to a height larger than that of the screen, the background does expand with it. In my troubleshooting, I gave the body a 1px border and found out that the body remains at the fixed size of the window even though the content within it expands. I tried messing with the overflow property, all to no avail. I'd appreciate any help I can get on this one. |