How to make the main content div fill height of screen with css
So I have a webpage with a header, mainbody, and footer.
I want the mainbody to fill 100% of the page (fill 100% in between footer and header)
My footer is position absolute with bottom: 0. Everytime I try to set the mainbody to 100% height or change position or something it will also overflow the header. If if set the body to position absolute with top: 40 (cause my header is 40px high), it will just go 40px too far down, creating a scroll bar.
I created a simple html file since i cannot actually post the entire page/css from the actual project. With the sample code, even though the maincontent body fills the screen, it goes 40px too far down (cause of the header I assume).
html,
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
header {
height: 40px;
width: 100%;
background-color: blue;
}
#maincontent {
background-color: green;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
footer {
height: 40px;
width: 100%;
background-color: grey;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
}<html>
<head>
<title>test</title>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<header></header>
<div id="maincontent">
</div>
<footer></footer>
</body>
</html>Anyone knows the answer?
Answer
These are not necessary
- remove height in %
- remove jQuery
Stretch div using bottom & top :
.mainbody{
position: absolute;
top: 40px; /* Header Height */
bottom: 20px; /* Footer Height */
width: 100%;
}
check my code : http://jsfiddle.net/aslancods/mW9WF/
or check here:
body {
margin:0;
}
.header {
height: 40px;
background-color: red;
}
.mainBody {
background-color: yellow;
position: absolute;
top: 40px;
bottom: 20px;
width:100%;
}
.content {
color:#fff;
}
.footer {
height: 20px;
background-color: blue;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width:100%;
}<div class="header" >
</div>
<div class="mainBody">
<div class="content" >Hello world</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">
</div>