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Two column - basics of height

Sent by Alex Robinson on 5 November 2004 18:06


>  http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=AnyColumnLongest

>This page and its solutions will help with making the columns equal 
>length, but not necessarily making both fill the viewport.  I 
>thought we had a wiki page about achieving 100% height, but I can't 
>seem to find it.  If we don't, it certainly would make a good page, 
>because questions like this get asked fairly often!
>
>Keith, the thing to know about percentage measurements, including 
>100%, is that they need something to base their percentage off of. 
>In this case, you haven't specified how tall the body is.  Adding 
>"body, html { height: 100% }" is usually the first step in working 
>toward a 100%-height layout.



But the faux column technique *is* sufficient. There's nothing to 
prevent you applying the background image that creates the 
faux-column effect to the html element.

eg. http://www.fu2k.org/alex/css/cssjunk/HTMLBackground
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