Automatically resizing DIV

devinpitcher · 06-05-2009, 12:29 PM

Ok, so here is the situation. I have a page with a div on the side, on top, and on bottom. The div on the side is on the left at 225px. The div on top is 25px, and the div on bottom is 20px. What I want is a div in the middle of them all, and so it resizes (and is scrollable) based on the visitors browser size.
What I have works, but will not scroll, and is not the right width so I have to center all my content in it. Its just using the width of the browser, but pushed over a bit with a margin, so its actually hanging over underneath the sidebar.

A quick sketch of what I have is in the attachments.

Any ideas?

Key:
menu is the top.
bottom_menu is the bottom menu.
content is the part I need help with, in the center.
sidebar is what goes on the side.

CSS:

Code:

@charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */

html **
	height:100%;
}

img
**
	border-style: none;
	color: #FFF;
	text-align: center;
}

body **
	height:100%;
	width:100%;
	margin:0px;
	padding:0px;
	background-color:#000;
}

.sidebar **
	background-image:url(../images/sidebar/background.png);
	background-repeat:repeat-y;
	width:225px;
	min-height:100%;
	position:fixed;
	top:25px;
	left:0px;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding-left:5px;
	padding-top:5px;
	font: 12px Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	color: #666;
	z-index:1;
	}

.menu **
	background-image:url(../images/top_menu/background.png);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
	width:100%;
	height:25px;
	position:fixed;
	top:0px;
	left:0px;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding-left:5px;
}

.content **
	width:100%;
	top:25px;
	height:100%;
	overflow:hidden;
	position:fixed;
	padding-left:5px;
	padding-top:5px;
	background-color:#FFF;
	margin-left:112px;
	font: 14px Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif;
}

.bottom_menu **
	background-image:url(../images/bottom_menu/background.png);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
	width:100%;
	height:20px;
	position:fixed;
	bottom:0px;
	left:0px;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding-left:5px;
	z-index:2;
	font: 12px Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif;
}

HTML (DIV Placement):

Code:

<body>
<div class="sidebar">CONTENT IN SIDEBAR</div>
<div class="menu">CONTENT IN TOP MENU</div>
<div class="bottom_menu">CONTENT IN BOTTOM MENU</div>
<div class="content">CONTENT IN CONTENT</div>
</body>

ParsaAkbari · 06-07-2009, 03:10 AM

Im not sure what you are asking but here is what i think you mean:

You want a dynamic DIV depending on how much space available on the visitors browser:
width:100%;

You want the DIV to be scrollable IF the content inside doesnt fit in the space made by the visitors browser:
overflow:scroll;

I hope this is what you wanted xD

06-07-2009, 03:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
ParsaAkbari Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 16 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium	Re: Automatically resizing DIV Im not sure what you are asking but here is what i think you mean: You want a dynamic DIV depending on how much space available on the visitors browser: width:100%; You want the DIV to be scrollable IF the content inside doesnt fit in the space made by the visitors browser: overflow:scroll; I hope this is what you wanted xD __________________ Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me.