overflow (scroll) - 100% container height

Question

i\'m trying to have a floated div (call it \'sidebar\') display 100% of container height, and scroll if necessary.

if the sidebar has more content (height) than the cont

Answer 1

Here's CSS styling to accomplish this:

#container {
    width: 500px;
    border: 3px solid red;
    margin: 0 auto;
    position: relative;
}

#sidebar {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    width: 150px;
    height: 100%;
    background-color: yellow;
    overflow-y: scroll;
}

#main {
    margin-left: 150px;
}

p, ul {
    padding: 10px;
}

    

        

            
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Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/TUwej/2/