Posted by nospam on 10/23/07 14:14

Thanks for the reply.

Sorry but it still isn't clear to me. I'm a newbie to CSS.

What is the parents set height? Is that defined in CSS or in the web page
HTML?
What is the viewport?

I guess I need to dig into how the browser interacts with CSS to render
itself.
Do you have any good books, pointers or recommendations for that?

Regards,
bruce


"Els" <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> wrote in message
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> nospam wrote:
>
>> But if I use height=100% and width=100px, the height doesnot
>> encompass the entire page - maybe only 200px or so.
>>
>> How do you define a style with 100% height?
>
> 100% height is 100% of the parent's set height. Apparently the
> parent's set height is only 200px or so.
> You can of course add body{height:100%;}, but be aware that this will
> likely have unwanted side effects if your page is taller than the
> viewport.
>
> --
> Els http://locusmeus.com/

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