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    <p><strong>Note: I know that <code>elem {height: 90%}</code> exists.</strong></p> <p>What I need:</p> <ul> <li>an element to occupy x% width and y% height of its parent element, regardless of size</li> <li>the parent has margins and padding</li> </ul> <p>My problem:</p> <ul> <li>it looks great at first, but when I make the browser window smaller, content starts spilling out of the bottom of the parent. <strong>This is super depressing.</strong> It looks to me like the size of the <code>#load</code> div is 90% of its parent <em>(as requested; see stylesheet below)</em>; unfortunately this 90% doesn't take margins or padding into account. <strong>What is going on here?</strong> If the answer is just that percentages don't work "like that" when there are margins/padding, <strong>how do I specify that an element occupies x percent of its parent after deducting margins/padding?</strong> Also, note that jQueryui uses css that I would like to avoid touching, if possible.</li> </ul> <p>My markup:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div id="tabscontainer"&gt; &lt;div id="tabs"&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#create"&gt;Create&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#load"&gt;Load&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div id="create"&gt; something or other &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="load"&gt; ... there is a lot of content here ... &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;script&gt; $(document).ready(function() {$("#tabs").tabs();}); &lt;/script&gt; </code></pre> <p>My styling:</p> <pre><code>html, body { height: 100%; } #tabscontainer { height: 95%; } #tabs { height: 100%; } #tabs &gt; div { height: 90%; overflow: auto; } </code></pre> <p>Also, the default jQuery styling of tabs is in effect (with no changes from me).</p>
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    1. COFor all I know, the problem is that styles are being inherited, as in this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6877636/in-html-how-is-a-child-elements-percentage-based-size-calculated-when-its-pare
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    2. COWhere are you setting those margins and paddings and how?
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    3. COSorry I didn't notice that. I think the problem is that the styles from jQuery UI is in PX while the rest is in %. You usually run into problems when you combine that. Try setting margins, paddings and borders in % (I know you don't want to mess with jQuery CSS, but you can override it with !important or similar).
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