Both the left and right panels have a height of 100%, but since the Header div takes up X amount of space, there is some vertical scrolling in the window that I want to get rid of.
How can I remove that vertical scrolling?
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/G7unG/1/
CSS and HTML
html, body{
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
.header{
background: #333;
padding: 15px;
text-align:center;
font-size: 18px;
font-family: sans-serif;
color: #FFF;
}
.leftpanel, .rightpanel{
height: 100%;
}
.leftpanel{
float: left;
width: 70%;
background: #CCC;
}
.rightpanel{
float: left;
width: 30%;
background: #666;
}
<div class="header">Header</div>
<div class="leftpanel">Left Panel</div>
<div class="rightpanel">Right Panel</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
Here's a modern solution using flexbox. Regardless of the height of the header the rest of the elements will stretch vertically to fill the remaining space. Here's the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/mggLY/1/.
HTML:
<div id = "wrapper">
<div class="header">Header</div>
<div>
<div class="leftpanel">Left Panel</div>
<div class="rightpanel">Right Panel</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
}
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
.header{
background: #333;
padding: 15px;
text-align:center;
font-size: 18px;
font-family: sans-serif;
color: #fff;
}
.leftpanel{
background: #CCC;
}
.rightpanel{
background: #666;
}
#wrapper {
height: 100%;
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
-webkit-flex-direction: column;
flex-direction: column;
outline: 1px solid red;
}
#wrapper > .header {
-webkit-flex: 0 0 auto;
flex: 0 0 auto;
}
#wrapper > .header + div {
-webkit-flex: 1 1 auto;
flex: 1 1 auto;
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
-webkit-flex-direction: row;
flex-direction: row;
}
#wrapper > .header + div > div:first-of-type {
-webkit-flex: 7 0 0;
flex: 7 0 0;
}
#wrapper > .header + div > div:last-of-type {
-webkit-flex: 3 0 0;
flex: 3 0 0;
}
You can use absolute positioning if you want to have it 100% height always. And then use scroll bars if required inside the leftpanel or the rightpanel.
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/G7unG/2/
html, body{
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
.header{
background: #333;
padding: 15px;
text-align:center;
font-size: 18px;
font-family: sans-serif;
color: #FFF;
height: 22px;
}
.leftpanel, .rightpanel{
top: 52px;
bottom: 0;
position: absolute;
}
.leftpanel{
width: 70%;
left: 0;
background: #CCC;
}
.rightpanel{
width: 30%;
right: 0;
background: #666;
}
Solution 2 - use fixed percentages for height: http://jsfiddle.net/G7unG/4/
html, body{
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
.header{
background: #333;
padding: 15px;
text-align:center;
font-size: 18px;
font-family: sans-serif;
color: #FFF;
height: 30%;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.leftpanel, .rightpanel{
height: 70%;
float: left;
}
.leftpanel{
width: 70%;
left: 0;
background: #CCC;
}
.rightpanel{
width: 30%;
float: right;
background: #666;
}
You could use overflow: hidden;
to protect the body
to be scrollable.
according to your comment: http://jsfiddle.net/G7unG/9/
Like this: http://jsfiddle.net/G7unG/3/
html, body{
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
overflow:hidden;
}
You could use a "faux columns" type of structure -- adding the background color of your columns as "fixed" elements (they wont scroll with the page) behind your real columns.
<div id="left_faux"></div>
<div id="right_faux"></div>
div#left_faux {
position: fixed;
top:0;
left:0;
right:30%;
bottom:0;
background-color:#CCC;
}
div#right_faux {
position: fixed;
top:0;
left:70%;
right:0;
bottom:0;
background-color:#666;
}
.leftpanel{
float: left;
width: 70%;
}
.rightpanel{
float: left;
width: 30%;
}
This quick example is perhaps overly verbose, for demonstration purposes. I'm sure you can streamline the CSS so there aren't so many redundant definitions.
WORKING EXAMPLE
Use viewports. Browsers now support giving height a percentage of page height. Drop the 100 down to 80 if you've got a header taking up space.
div {
height:100vh;
}