I've got a div that uses overflow:auto to keep the contents inside the div as it is resized and dragged around the page. I'm using some ajax to retrieve lines of text from the server, then append them to the end of the div, so the content is growing downwards. Every time this happens, I'd like to use JS to scroll the div to the bottom so...
In a web application I'm working on, I have a page that contains a DIV that has an auto-width depending on the width of the browser window. However, I need to be able to have an auto-height for the object. The DIV starts about 300px from the top screen, and it's height should make it stretch to the bottom of the browser screen. I have...
I have a simple 2-column layout with a footer that clears both the right and left div in my markup. My problem is that I can't get the footer to stay at the bottom of the page in all browsers. It works if the content pushes the footer down, but that's not always the case. Update: It's not working properly in Firefox. I'm seeing a st...
I wish I were a CSS smarty .... How can you place a div container in the lower left-hand corner of the web page; taking into account the users scroll-position? Thanks in advance for any assistance. ...
I'm developing a 3-column website using a layout like this: <div id='left' style='left: 0; width: 150px; '> ... </div> <div id='middle' style='left: 150px; right: 200px' > ... </div> <div id='right' style='right: 0; width: 200px; '> ... </div> But, considering the default CSS 'position' property of <DIV>'s is...
When using divs when is it best to use a class vs id? Is it best to use class, on say font variant or elements within the html? Then use id for the structure/containers? This is something I've always been a little uncertain on, any help would be great. ...
I am currently working on a web application, where I want the content to fill the height of the entire screen. The page has a header, which contains a logo, and account information. This could be an arbitrary height. I want the content div to fill the rest of the page to the bottom. I have a header div and a content div. At the moment ...
What is the best way to make a fade away after a given amount of time (without using some of the javascript libraries available). I'm looking for a very lightweight solution here not requiring a huge javascript library to be send to the browser. ...
I hope someone might be able to help me here. I've tried to simplify my example as best I can. I have an absolutely positioned DIV, which for this example I've made fill the browser window. This div has the overflow:auto attribute to provide scroll bars when the content is too big for the DIV to display. Within the DIV I have a table t...
Hi, I'm trying to get the content div to stretch all the way to the bottom of the page but so far, its only stretching if theres actual content to display. The reason I want to do this is so if there isn't much content to display, the vertical border still goes all the way down. Here is my code <body> <form id="form1"> <div id...
Hi there, I would like to draw a diagram in HTML. The positioning structure looks like this: <div id='hostDiv'> <div id='backgroundDiv'> ... drawing the background ... </div> <div id='foregroundDiv' style='position: absolute;'> ... drawing the foreground ... </div> </div> The foreground contains a Table ...
I have a container div that holds two internal divs; both should take 100% width and 100% height within the container. I set both internal divs to 100% height. That works fine in Firefox, however in IE the divs do not stretch to 100% height but only the height of the text inside them. The following is a simplified version of my style s...
In IE6 the left of the #right-content DIV is cut off. I've been playing with it and can't get it to display properly. http://philzit.com/services ...
Hello Is it possible to create a footer div that sits at the bottom of a site regardless of how much information is present in the middle? Currently the div I have is positioned depending on how much content i have in the body. See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/42294/how-do-you-get-the-footer-to-stay-at-the-bottom-o...
I'm working on moving from using tables for layout purposes to using divs (yes, yes the great debate). I've got 3 divs, a header, content and footer. Thea header and footer are 50px each. How do I get the footer div to stay at the bottom of the page, and the content div to fill the space in between? I don't want to hard code the cont...
In a previous question, I learned how to keep a footer div at the bottom of the page. (see other question) Now I'm trying to vertically center content between the header and footer divs. so what I've got is: #divHeader { height: 50px; } #divContent { position:absolute; } #divFooter { height: 50px; position:absolute; ...
I have a div with overflow:hidden, inside which I show a phone number as the user types it. The text inside the div is aligned to right and incoming characters are added to right as the text grows to left. But once the text is big enough not to fit in the div, last characters of the number is automatically cropped and the user cannot se...
I am working on a site laid out with divs. I am having trouble with one in particular: the training photo div. If you go to http://php.wmsgroup.com/eofd6.org/education.html you'll see a photo underneath the left nav that has dropped down. I want it to snap right under that nav box. I have tried several different things with its position...
I have a menu div that I want to slide down so it's always visible, but I want it to be positioned under my title div. I don't want it to move until the top of the menu hits the top of the screen and then stay in place. Basically I want a sliding menu with a maximum height it can slide to. ...
My only problem is making them line up three-across and have equal spacing. Apparently, spans can not have width and divs (and spans with display:block) don't appear horizontally next to each other. Suggestions? <div style='width:30%; text-align:center; float:left; clear:both;'> Is what I have now. ...