I want to make a div fit the initial height and width of a users screen.
I think the following crudely drawn diagram explain this better:
If I understand correctly (there's some room for confusion here):
http://jsfiddle.net/zRpNp/
#screenFiller { position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; border: 15px solid orange }
You might be after the position: fixed version: http://jsfiddle.net/zRpNp/1/
position: fixed