100% 2 Column Height CSS Problem!
hopefully this is what you are looking for:
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perfect-2-column-right-menu.htm
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The last time I read about this, the best answer was display: table;
for the main container and display: table-cell;
for each column. This will make the column the height you specify.
#wrap {
background: orange;
display: table;
height: 88%;
width: 550px;
padding: 11px;
}
#col1 {
display:table-cell;
background: #808080;
width: 222px;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
padding: 12px;
}
#col2 {
display:table-cell;
background: #808080;
width: 111px;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
padding: 12px;
}
<!-- this container will determine the height of both columns -->
<div id="wrap">
<div id="col1">
<p>Lorem ipsum something or other.</p>
</div>
<div id="col2">
<p>More Lorem than ipsum.</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- end container -->
Try a different layout, why waste time cracking a cross-browser solution?
This looks like what you want, but I'm sure you can find others: http://www.savio.no/examples/three-column-layout-6.asp
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I am doing the following on my personal site CSS file :
#footer
{width: 100%;
bottom: 0px;
padding-top: .5em;
padding-bottom: .5em;
background-color: #ffffff;
border-top: 1px #000000 solid;
text-align: center;
margin-top: .25em;
}
Also, I have few nested tag capabilities div
. I prefer the elements to float around each other.
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have 2 div tags, each of which is a column floating next to each other, and another div tag to clear the floats, and then another div is the footer:
<div id="col1"></div>
<div id="col2"></div>
<div clear="c"></div>
<div id="footer"></div>
<style type="text/css"><!--
#col1{
float:left;
width:80%;
}
#col2{
float:right;
width:20%;
}
.c{
clear:both;
}
#footer{}
--></style>
It is also easier with this to make it a 3 column.
<div id="col1"></div>
<div id="col2"></div>
<div id="col3"></div>
<div clear="c"></div>
<div id="footer"></div>
<style type="text/css"><!--
#col1{
float:left;
width:200px;
}
#col2{
float:right;
width:300px;
}
#col3{
width:400px;
margin-left:200px;
margin-right:300px;
}
.c{
clear:both;
}
#footer{}
--></style>
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Here's another way ...
<div id="container">
<div id="col1"></div>
<div id="col2"></div>
</div>
<div id="footer"></div>
<style type="text/css"><!--
body { height: 100% }
#container { height: 100% }
#col1 { height:100%; float:left; width: 70% }
#col2 { height:100%; float:right; width: 30% }
#footer { height: 50px; clear: both }
--></style>
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Just done jsfiddle by Matthew James Taylor post . It was very helpful for me. I think it is not a problem to redo for two columns.
<div id="container3">
<div id="container2">
<div id="container1">
<div id="col1"><p>Column 1</p>
<p>Nunc egestas, vut mus hac diam lacus lacus nisi odio,
turpis dictumst mattis! Turpis ac ut nec nec et augue, in nec turpis
hac quis risus vel risus pid ridiculus purus urna ultrices ac turpis. In,
magna odio mattis! Ultricies? Odio nec odio enim porta urna phasellus
proin in lacus! Dignissim eros, ac duis porttitor dapibus et vel sed est?
Nec placerat egestas, nunc rhoncus scelerisque sit sit, magna elementum
eu ac, montes dolor ultrices eros velit! Urna dignissim. Enim, aliquam ut
porta etiam amet dolor in natoque? Integer nunc? Magnis, auctor sit nunc
in nec, dictumst
pulvinar proin! In nisi pulvinar penatibus lorem nec, tempor porta
ultricies, et monte.a asdfjasdjfklasdfasdfljsdfkj</p>
</div>
<div id="col2">
<p>Column 2 </p>
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turpis dictumst mattis! Turpis ac ut nec nec et augue, in nec turpis
hac quis risus vel risus pid ridiculus purus urna ultrices ac turpis. In,
magna odio mattis! Ultricies? Odio nec odio enim porta urna phasellus
proin in lacus! Dignissim eros, ac duis porttitor dapibus et vel sed est?
Nec placerat egestas, nunc rhoncus scelerisque sit sit, magna elementum
eu ac, montes dolor ultrices eros velit! Urna dignissim. Enim, aliquam ut
porta etiam amet dolor in natoque? Integer nunc? Magnis, auctor sit nunc
</div>
<div id="col3">Column 3</div>
</div>
</div>
#container3 {
float:left;
width:100%;
background:green;
overflow:hidden;
position:relative;
}
#container2 {
float:left;
width:100%;
background:yellow;
position:relative;
right:30%;
}
#container1 {
float:left;
width:100%;
background:red;
position:relative;
right:40%;
}
#col1 {
float:left;
width:26%;
position:relative;
left:72%;
overflow:hidden;
}
#col2 {
float:left;
width:36%;
position:relative;
left:76%;
overflow:hidden;
}
#col3 {
float:left;
width:26%;
position:relative;
left:80%;
overflow:hidden;
}
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