Set div to remaining height using CSS with unknown height divs above and below

Question

Is it possible to make the wrapper fill the window height (no scrolling) and the center div scrollable without messing around with pixels and javascript?

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Answer 1

A cross-browser solution derived from Dan Dascalescu answer:

http://jsfiddle.net/Uc9E2

html, body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    height: 100%;
}
.l-fit-height {
    display: table;
    height: 100%;
}
.l-fit-height-row {
    display: table-row;
    height: 1px;
}
.l-fit-height-row-content {
    /* Firefox requires this */
    display: table-cell;
}
.l-fit-height-row-expanded {
    height: 100%;
    display: table-row;
}
.l-fit-height-row-expanded > .l-fit-height-row-content {
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}
@-moz-document url-prefix() {
    .l-scroll {
        /* Firefox requires this to do the absolute positioning correctly */
        display: inline-block;
    }
}
.l-scroll {
    overflow-y: auto;
    position: relative;
    height: 1000px;
}
.l-scroll-content {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    height: 1000px;
    min-height:100px;
}

    

        

            
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