Browser shows div only when I set exact height. But i want to create resizable div according it's contents. Tried height: auto and height:100%. It doesn't help.
My div looks like that. It's background div of sidebars and content.
.wrapper
{
width: 80%;
height:200px;
max-width: 1260px;
min-width: 780px;
margin: 0 auto;
background-image:url(core/design/img/transfff.png);
-moz-border-radius: 15px 15px 0px 0px;
border-radius: 15px 15px 0px 0px;
}
UPDATE my html looks like that
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
font: 100%/1.4 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background-image: url(core/design/img/bg.png);
background-position:top left;
background-size:100%;
background-color:#fff;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
color: #000;
}
ul, ol, dl {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p {
margin-top: 0;
padding-right: 15px;
padding-left: 15px;
a img {
border: none;
}
a:link {
color:#414958;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:visited {
color: #4E5869;
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover, a:active, a:focus {
text-decoration: none;
}
.container {
width: 80%;
max-width: 1260px;
min-width: 780px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.wrapper
{
width: 80%;
height:200px;
max-width: 1260px;
min-width: 780px;
margin: 0 auto;
background-image:url(core/design/img/transfff.png);
-moz-border-radius: 15px 15px 0px 0px;
border-radius: 15px 15px 0px 0px;
overflow: visible
}
.header {
padding:20px;
}
.sidebar1 {
float: left;
width: 20%;
padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.content {
padding: 10px 0;
width: 60%;
float: left;
}
.sidebar2 {
float: left;
width: 20%;
padding: 10px 0;
}
.content ul, .content ol {
padding: 0 15px 15px 40px;
}
ul.nav {
list-style: none;
border-top: 1px solid #666;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}
ul.nav li {
border-bottom: 1px solid #666;
}
ul.nav a, ul.nav a:visited{
padding: 5px 5px 5px 15px;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
color: #000;
}
ul.nav a:hover, ul.nav a:active, ul.nav a:focus {
background: #6F7D94;
color: #FFF;
}
/* ~~The footer ~~ */
.footer {
padding: 10px 0;
position: relative;
clear: both;
}
.fltrt {
float: right;
margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft {
float: left;
margin-right: 8px;
}
.clearfloat { /
clear:both;
height:0;
font-size: 1px;
line-height: 0px;
}
-->
</style><!--[if lte IE 7]>
<style>
.content { margin-right: -1px; } /* this 1px negative margin can be placed on any of the columns in this layout with the same corrective effect. */
ul.nav a { zoom: 1; } /* the zoom property gives IE the hasLayout trigger it needs to correct extra whiltespace between the links */
</style>
<![endif]--></head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header"><a href="#"><img src="core/design/img/logo.png" alt="Insert Logo Here" name="Insert_logo" width="438px" height="95" id="Insert_logo" style=" display:block; margin:0 auto;" /></a>
<!-- end .header --></div>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="sidebar1">
</div>
<div class="content">
</div>
<div class="sidebar2">
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
According to this, you need to assign a height to the element in which the div is contained in order for 100% height to work. Does that work for you?
As stated earlier by Jamie Dixon, a floated <div> is taken out of normal flow. All content that is still within normal flow will ignore it completely and not make space for it.
Try putting a different colored border border:solid 1px orange; around each of your <div> elements to see what they're doing. You might start by removing the floats and putting some dummy text inside the div. Then style them one at a time to get the desired layout.
Here is the Latest solution of the problem:
In your CSS file write the following class called .clearfix along with the pseudo selector :after
.clearfix:after {
content: "";
display: table;
clear: both;
}
Then, in your HTML, add the .clearfix class to your parent Div. For example:
<div class="clearfix">
<div></div>
<div></div>
</div>
It should work always. You can call the class name as .group instead of .clearfix , as it will make the code more semantic. Note that, it is Not necessary to add the dot or even a space in the value of Content between the double quotation "".
Source: http://css-snippets.com/page/2/
make sure the content inside your div ended with clear:both style
Source: Stackoverflow.com