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POResizing and then scrolling browser window and position absolute
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    copied!<p>Using the demo html/css below I'm getting a strange problem with the window reszing.</p> <p>Edit: Here's a screen shot:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/27c1P.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p> <ol> <li><p>Resize the window enough so that #mainContent displays scroll bars.</p></li> <li><p>Now use the body's scroll bar (the outter right hand one - not #mainContent's scroll bar!) and scroll to the bottom of the page.</p></li> <li><p>I was hoping that #mainContent would resize and fill the page as we scroll down, but it doesn't, it stays the same size, so I end up with a blank area that is not filled.</p></li> </ol> <p>Is there a css only rememedy to this or do I need some javascript?</p> <p>I've seen this solution on a list a part <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/conflictingabsolutepositions" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this solution on A List Apart</a>. However it hides the body's scroll bar so doesn't really help me.</p> <p>CSS:</p> <pre><code>#sideBar { left: 5px; overflow: auto; position: absolute; right: 5px; top: 0px; width: 235px; border: 1px solid black; height: 5000px; /*silly value just to ensure that scroll bar is visible*/ } #mainContent { position: absolute; right: 5px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 250px; overflow: auto; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid black; } </code></pre> <p>HTML:</p> <pre> &lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt; &lt;html&gt; &lt;head&gt; &lt;meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html;charset=utf-8&quot; /&gt; &lt;title&gt;&lt;/title&gt; &lt;link rel=&quot;stylesheet&quot; type=&quot;text/css&quot; href=&quot;test2.css&quot;/&gt; &lt;/head&gt; &lt;body&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;sideBar&quot;&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nav&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id=&quot;mainContent&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;content&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/body&gt; </pre> <p>Thanks indvance for anyhelp.</p>
 

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