Sticky top div with absolute positioning

Question

I\'m using absolute positioning to have a div fill up the entire browser window. However, I wan\'t to combine this with a sticky div that sometimes is there and sometimes no

Answer 1

2018-6-18

I choose the CSS way with position: sticky.

that https://github.com/abouolia/sticky-sidebar .
doesn't work for me (I am using Vue.js 2.0 SPA with vue-router & vuex)

I also want the element position: absolute first,
and then position: sticky

Solution

1. parent HTML element use position: absolute to have the right position.

(don't forget to set height for parent. for example height:100%)

2. child HTML element position: sticky

work for me.

Answer 2

Use float: left; and width: 0; and you can use transform: translateX(xxx); for set left position.

Problem solved :)

Answer 3

The alert scrolls with the content because it's inside the content-area which has overflow-y: auto.

Move it out of the content-area (put it in between subheader and content-area), and remove the position: absolute (and top/left/right/bottom) attributes from the content. In that example I see no reason for content to be absolute-positioned, normal flow will put it where it wants to be.

Answer 4

edit
update with some enhancements
http://jsfiddle.net/aDdRS/11/

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first post
Why not scroll just the .content and not the .content-area

http://jsfiddle.net/aDdRS/8/

Answer 5

• Add fixed height & width 100% to alert + position:fixed
• Add padding-top to content
• Only downfall is of course the extra padding if there is no alert...

See http://jsfiddle.net/aDdRS/5/

Answer 6

I chose to go with a JavaScript approach after all. Would have preferred a pure CSS approach but my need for IE8 support stood in the way. This answer by Myles Gray is pretty much what I did - https://stackoverflow.com/a/4933509/940517