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[RESOLVED] Make side column fill up main body

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Feb 25.2008

Hey I’m trying to make [URL=”http://spencer-designs.com/Stor-it/”]this website[/URL] I’m working on be vertically fluid, and I can’t figure out how to get the side column on the right to vertically extend depending on how much content there is in the main <DIV>. Here is my CSS…

[CODE]/* Main */
#main {width: 745px; height: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid #b5d1ee; background: #eff7fa url(‘http://www.spencer-designs.com/Stor-it/global/images/main.gif’) repeat-x; overflow: hidden;}

/* Content */
#content {width: 475px; height: auto; float: left; background: transparent url(‘http://www.spencer-designs.com/Stor-it/global/images/contentShadow.jpg’) no-repeat top right;}

/* Column */
#column {width: 269px; height: auto; float: right; border-left: 1px solid #b5d1ee; background-color: white;}[/CODE]

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@CentauriFeb 25.2008 — You cannot force the height of an element to take up remaining height, or to match the height of an unrelated element. But you can make it [B][I]look[/I][/B] that way. If the #main div has a white background, whilst the #content div gets the blue, you are part way there :[CODE]/* Main */
#main {width: 745px; height: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid #b5d1ee; background: [COLOR="Red"]#fff[/COLOR] url('http://www.spencer-designs.com/Stor-it/global/images/main.gif') repeat-x; overflow: hidden;}

/* Content */
#content {width: 475px; height: auto; float: left; background: [COLOR="Red"]#EFF7FA[/COLOR] url('http://www.spencer-designs.com/Stor-it/global/images/contentShadow.jpg') no-repeat top right;}
[/CODE] If the #content div then had a right border the darker blue, and that border is trimmed from the shadow graphic, the illusion is complete.
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@novemberGreyauthorFeb 25.2008 — Woohoo, it works! Thankyou!
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