My HTML document features a sticky header and footer, with a div below the header that sticks to it to eventually hold tabs above a form. I've been struggling to align the form vertically below this div. The issue arises because the tab div lacks a scrollbar, while the form has one. This results in the widths of the form and tabs being different, causing alignment problems. I've attempted to set them to 70% of the width and center them, but the scrollbar throws off the alignment. I even tried using JavaScript to calculate the scrollbar's width and adjust the form's margin, but it hasn't solved the problem. The form is visibly narrower than the tab div, and I've spent countless hours trying to fix this issue. Additionally, adding margin-bottom to the form hasn't worked as expected, as no margin appears below the border.
$(document).ready(function () {
setFormsWidth();
});
function setFormsWidth() {
let scrollbox = document.createElement('div');
// Make box scrollable
scrollbox.style.overflow = 'scroll';
// Append box to document
document.body.appendChild(scrollbox);
// Measure inner width of box
scrollBarWidth = scrollbox.offsetWidth - scrollbox.clientWidth;
// Remove box
document.body.removeChild(scrollbox);
// Get current width of right margin, which should be 30% of the
// width of the form-panel parent (the content class).
var formPanel = document.getElementById("main-form");
// Get the current right margin and remove the px at end of number
var style = window.getComputedStyle(formPanel);
var marginRightString = style.getPropertyValue('margin-right');
var marginRight = marginRightString.slice(0,-2);
// now addthe scrollBarWidth to the right margin
var newMargin = marginRight + scrollBarWidth;
formPanel.style.marginRight = newMargin + "px";
}html, body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
overflow:hidden;
}
.wrapper {
height: 100%;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
.header, .footer {
background: silver;
}
.page {
flex: 1;
overflow: auto;
background: pink;
}
.content {
background-color: green;;
}
.tabs {
width: 70%;
height: 50px;
background-color: aqua;
margin: 0 auto;
border-bottom: solid #FE6D73 7px;
}
.form-panel {
width: 70%;
height: 1000px;
background-color: #FFF;
margin: 0 auto;
overflow-y: auto;
border-bottom: solid #FE6D73 7px;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="header">Header</div>
<div class="tabs">
THIS IS TAB
</div>
<div class="page" id="calculator">
<div style="height:1000px;">
<div class="content">
<form class="form-panel" id="main-form">THIS IS FORM</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">Footer</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="script.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>