Responsive form - control the height of the text area

I have an HTML form :

<form method="post" action="#" class="cf">
    <div class="left">
        <label for="first-name">First Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="first-name" placeholder="First Name" id="first-name" required />
        <label for="last-name">Middle Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="middle-name" placeholder="Middle Name" id="middle-name" />
        <label for="last-name">Last Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="last-name" placeholder="Last Name" id="last-name" required />
    </div>
    <div class="right">
        <label for="details">Details</label>
        <textarea name="details" placeholder="Details" id="details" required></textarea>
    </div>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Form" />
</form>

      

And this is my CSS :

/* Clearfix */
.cf:before,.cf:after { content: " "; display: table; }
.cf:after { clear: both; }

form > * {
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.left {
    background: rgba(255, 0, 0, .2);
}

.right {
    background: rgba(0, 255, 0, .2);
}

form {
    background: #ccc;
}

input[type="text"],
textarea {
    width: 100%;
    border: none;
}

input[type="text"] {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

label {
    display: inline-block;
    margin-bottom: 5px;
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 600px) {
    form {
        background: rgba(0, 0, 255, .3);
    }

    .left {
        float: left;
        width: 50%;
    }

    .right {
        float: right;
        width: 50%;
    }

    input[type="submit"] {
        clear: both;
    }
}

      

Fiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/gRRmh/

Basically there are three text input fields, one text area and one submit button (also like input type). When the breakpoint is reached, the form flows into a two column layout. This is the part that works.

The part that doesn't work is the height of the textbox. I want it to be the same height as the three input fields on the left.
Installing it on height: 100%;

doesn't work for two reasons:

  • Consider the height of the mark. Of course, I could just give it a percentage height and subtract that value from the textarea's height (10% / 90%) ...
  • ... but for this, one parent element requires a fixed height, so I need to specify the shape, eg. height 200 pixels. The problem is that I actually need to match the height of the left column manually, which is not really a good solution.

So what I'm really looking for is something like the following, just not nudging pixels by hand: enter image description here (also with a fiddle if you like, but note: its a bit messy. Http://jsfiddle.net/mnBEh/1/ )

How to solve this problem?

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It is only possible to manually output the text to the textarea. Give the height of the textarea for media queries.



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Try it. It uses CSS tables, but I think it gets the result you are looking for by setting the textarea value to 100% height and then bypassing the height of its label. But for some reason the height is calculated correctly only in Chrome, even though other browsers supposedly support it. http://jsfiddle.net/73cyorL1/

CSS

.table {
    display: table;
    width: 100%;
}
.row {
    display:table-row;
    width: 100%;
}
.left {
    background: red;
}
.right {
    background: blue;
}
label {
    display: block;
    padding: 10px;
    font-family: arial;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 0.75em;
    line-height: 1em;
}
form {
    background: grey;
}
input[type="text"], textarea {
    width: 100%;
    border: none;
    background: #ccc;
    font-family: arial;
    padding: 10px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    display: block;
}
input[type="text"]:focus, textarea:focus {
    outline: 0;
    background: #ddd;
}
input[type="submit"] {
    display: block;
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 10px;
    cursor: pointer;
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 600px) {
    .left {
        width: 50%;
        height: 100%;
        display: table-cell
    }
    .right {
        width: 50%;
        height: 100%;
        display: table-cell;
        overflow: hidden;
    }
    textarea {
        height: calc(100% - 0.75em);
        /* 100% fill height, minus height of details label */
    }
}

      



HTML:

<form method="post" action="#" class="table">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="left">
            <label for="first-name">First Name</label>
            <input type="text" name="first-name" placeholder="First Name" id="first-name" required="required" />
            <label for="last-name">Middle Name</label>
            <input type="text" name="middle-name" placeholder="Middle Name" id="middle-name" />
            <label for="last-name">Last Name</label>
            <input type="text" name="last-name" placeholder="Last Name" id="last-name" required="required" class="last" />
        </div>
        <div class="right">
            <label for="details">Details</label>
            <textarea name="details" placeholder="Details" id="details" required></textarea>
        </div>
    </div>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Form" />
</form>

      

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Set "window size: frame-frame;" and it will work

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