Posted by pecan on 05/22/06 09:32

jaschreiber@gmail.com wrote:
> i'm writing this only because i spent a good two days endlessly trying
> to solve this problem and couldn't find anything on the internet that
> actually helped. I eventually figured out the solution, as no doubt so
> does everyone (hence the solution never actually being posted: it seems
> too obvious to bother)... but had i found it sooner, i would have been
> happy, so here goes:
>
> if you're trying to get a CSS div to span the total height of the
> window and scrolling is likely to be involved (for instance, a menu
> sidebar), don't use the height: 100% tag! set margin-top: 0px and
> margin-bottom:0px.
>

Thank you. I was having problems like that, and also didn't get an
answer on another news group. Now you've solved it for me.

CM

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