I have a wrapper div which contans 2 divs next to each other. Above this container I have a div that contains my header. The wrapper div must be 100% minus the height of the header. The header is about 60 px. This is fixed. So my question is: how do I set the height my wrapper div to be 100% minus the 60 px?
<div id="header"></div>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="left"></div>
<div id="right"></div>
</div>
You can do something like height: calc(100% - nPx); for example height: calc(100% - 70px);
This doesn't exactly answer the question as posed, but it does create the same visual effect that you are trying to achieve.
<style>
body {
border:0;
padding:0;
margin:0;
padding-top:60px;
}
#header {
position:absolute;
top:0;
height:60px;
width:100%;
}
#wrapper {
height:100%;
width:100%;
}
</style>
In this example you can identify different areas:
<html>
<style>
#divContainer {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
#divHeader {
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
height: 28px;
background-color:blue;
}
#divContentArea {
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
top: 30px;
right: 0px;
bottom: 30px;
}
#divContentLeft {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
width: 200px;
bottom: 0px;
background-color:red;
}
#divContentCenter {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 200px;
bottom: 0px;
right:200px;
background-color:yellow;
}
#divContentRight {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
width:200px;
background-color:red;
}
#divFooter {
position: absolute;
height: 28px;
left: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
right: 0px;
background-color:blue;
}
</style>
<body >
<div id="divContainer">
<div id="divHeader"> top
</div>
<div id="divContentArea">
<div id="divContentLeft">left
</div>
<div id="divContentCenter">center
</div>
<div id="divContentRight">right
</div>
</div>
<div id="divFooter">bottom
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
div {
height: 100%;
height: -webkit-calc(100% - 60px);
height: -moz-calc(100% - 60px);
height: calc(100% - 60px);
}
Make sure while using less
height: ~calc(100% - 60px);
Otherwise less is no going to compile it correctly
If you need to support IE6, use JavaScript so manage the size of the wrapper div (set the position of the element in pixels after reading the window size). If you don't want to use JavaScript, then this can't be done. There are workarounds but expect a week or two to make it work in every case and in every browser.
For other modern browsers, use this css:
position: absolute;
top: 60px;
bottom: 0px;
In CSS3 you could use
height: calc(100% - 60px);
great one... now i have stopped using % he he he... except for the main container as shown below:
<div id="divContainer">
<div id="divHeader">
</div>
<div id="divContentArea">
<div id="divContentLeft">
</div>
<div id="divContentRight">
</div>
</div>
<div id="divFooter">
</div>
</div>
and here is the css:
#divContainer {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
#divHeader {
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
height: 28px;
}
#divContentArea {
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
top: 30px;
right: 0px;
bottom: 30px;
}
#divContentLeft {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
width: 250px;
bottom: 0px;
}
#divContentRight {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left: 254px;
right: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
}
#divFooter {
position: absolute;
height: 28px;
left: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
right: 0px;
}
i tested this in all known browsers and is working fine. Are there any drawbacks using this way?
If you don't want to use absolute positioning and all that jazz, here's a fix I like to use:
your html:
<body>
<div id="header"></div>
<div id="wrapper"></div>
</body>
your css:
body {
height:100%;
padding-top:60px;
}
#header {
margin-top:60px;
height:60px;
}
#wrapper {
height:100%;
}
I haven't seen anything like this posted yet, but I thought I'd put it out there.
<div class="main">
<header>Header</header>
<div class="content">Content</div>
Then CSS:
body, html {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.main {
height: 100%;
padding-top: 50px;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
header {
height: 50px;
margin-top: -50px;
width: 100%;
background-color: #5078a5;
}
.content {
height: 100%;
background-color: #999999;
}
Here is a working jsfiddle
Note: I have no idea what the browser compatability is for this. I was just playing around with alternate solutions and this seemed to work well.
Use an outer wrapper div set to 100% and then your inner wrapper div 100% should be now relative to that.
I thought for sure this used to work for me, but apparently not:
<html>
<body>
<div id="outerwrapper" style="border : 1px solid red ; height : 100%">
<div id="header" style="border : 1px solid blue ; height : 60px"></div>
<div id="wrapper" style="border : 1px solid green ; height : 100% ; overflow : scroll ;">
<div id="left" style="height : 100% ; width : 50% ; overflow : scroll; float : left ; clear : left ;">Some text
on the left</div>
<div id="right" style="height : 100% ; width 50% ; overflow : scroll; float : left ;">Some Text on the
right</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Source: Stackoverflow.com