Fixed positioned div within a relative parent div

Question

I am currently building a responsive website and need a menu to be fixed, thus not scrolling when the rest of the site scrolls. the issue is that it is a fluid layout and i

Answer 1

A simple thing you can do is position your fixed DIV relative to the rest of your page with % values.

Check out this jsfiddle here where the fixed DIV is a sidebar.

div#wrapper {
    margin: auto;
    width: 80%;
}

div#main {
    width: 60%;
}

div#sidebar {
    position: fixed;
    width: 30%;
    left: 60%;
}

And a brief picture below describing the layout above:

Answer 2

here is a more generic solution, that don't depends on the Menu/Header height. its fully responsive, Pure CSS solution, Works great on IE8+, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, opera. supports Content scrolling without affecting the Menu/Header.

Test it with that Working Fiddle

The Html:

<div class="Container">
    <div class="First">
        <p>The First div height is not fixed</p>
        <p>This Layout has been tested on: IE10, IE9, IE8, FireFox, Chrome, Safari, using Pure CSS 2.1 only</p>
    </div>
    <div class="Second">
        <div class="Wrapper">
            <div class="Centered">
                <p>The Second div should always span the available Container space.</p>
                <p>This content is vertically Centered.</p>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

The CSS:

*
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

html, body, .Container
{
    height: 100%;
}

    .Container:before
    {
        content: '';
        height: 100%;
        float: left;
    }

.First
{
    /*for demonstration only*/
    background-color: #bf5b5b;
}

.Second
{
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    /*for demonstration only*/
    background-color: #6ea364;
}

    .Second:after
    {
        content: '';
        clear: both;
        display: block;
    }

/*This part his relevant only for Vertically centering*/
.Wrapper
{
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    overflow: auto;
}
    .Wrapper:before
    {
        content: '';
        display: inline-block;
        vertical-align: middle;
        height: 100%;
    }

.Centered
{
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

Answer 3

you can fix the wrapper using absolute positioning. and the give inside div a fixed position.

.wrapper{
 position:absolute;
 left:10%;// or some valve in px
 top:10%; // or some valve in px
 }

and div inside that

.wrapper .fixed-element{ 
position:fixed;
width:100%;
height:100%;
margin-left:auto; // to center this div inside at center give auto margin
margin-right:auto;
}

try this It might work for you