resizing a div and its ancestors automatically

Looking to create a layout with the following structure: (using MVC3 - The entire HTML is in the Layout.cshtml)

  • A top header consisting of a banner and menu bar
  • Content divided into left and right panes
  • Footer

The right pane contains tabs, and its height may vary based on the selected tab.

The goal is to have the Contents div adjust its height automatically without creating a scrollbar (excluding the browser scroll bar).

While this has been somewhat achieved, it disrupts the rest of the CSS.

Here is the CSS code:

html {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;    
}

body {
width: 100%;
/* height: 100%;    */
}

#Wrapper {
    border: 1px solid #6A89C1;
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    min-height: 750px;
    min-width: 700px;
    width: 100%;
    font-size: 0.75em;
}

header {
    background-color: #abcdef;
    height: 19%;
    margin: 0;
    border-bottom: 2px outset #FFFFFF;
    width: 100%;    
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;
    border-top-left-radius: 5px;
    border-top-right-radius: 5px;
}

#Banner {   
    height: 72%;
    width: 100%;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

#Menu {
    height: 25%;
    width: 100%;    
}

#Contents {
    height: auto; /*65%;*/
    width: 100%;
    clear: both;    
}

#Contents #LeftPane {
    background-color: #E9F1FF;
    border-right: 1px solid #B9D4FF;
    height: 100%;
    min-height: 300px;
    width: 24.8%;  
}

#Contents #RightPane {
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
    height: 100%;
    width: 75%;    
    overflow: auto;
}

.Left {
    float: left;    
}

.Clear {
    clear: both;    
}

footer {
    background-color: #6A89C1;
    clear: both;
    height: 15%;
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    min-height: 50px;
}

#Wrapper, footer {
    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;    
}

The main focus is for the center part to expand automatically while maintaining the layout proportions.

An image has also been included showing the adjustments made using the provided CSS.

(notable changes in menu bar background, left pane, and footer heights)

Hoping that the question has been adequately explained :)

Answer №1

It's generally best to steer clear of specifying heights in CSS, as browsers are designed to automatically adjust element heights based on their content.

Answer №2

One way to dynamically set the height of a content container is by using JavaScript or jQuery to calculate the combined height of all open tabs and then assigning this total height to the container.

Answer №3

http://www.example.com/css-overflow-explained

Having the CSS property "overflow: auto" will trigger a scroll bar to appear.

If you want to dynamically adjust the height of a tab based on its content, one option is to use JavaScript to handle this functionality. I'm not aware of any other method to achieve this.

Answer №4

Appreciate the assistance!

I've discovered a potential solution by keeping the content separate rather than all within one wrapper div, like so:

The Header div is independent (with the body as the parent, not the wrapper)

Similarly for the contents and footer div...

Best regards and thanks once more for the valuable suggestions, A. Smith

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