[Typo3-dev] Problems with XHTML and height:100%

Wed Dec 17 09:04:38 CET 2003

Worked, super!

God bless

- kasper

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On 16-12-2003 at 09:46 Christopher wrote:

>Greetings Kasper,
>
>--- "Kasper_Skårhøj" <kasper at typo3.com> wrote:
>> Hi FOlks.
>> 
>> Using XHTML for the RTE Wizard (wizard_rte.php script, showing the
>> RTE in full screen mode) means that the display of the RTE in a
>> <div>/<Iframe> does not happen anymore. The reason apparently is that
>> the instruction in the "style" attribute to the table about setting
>> the height to 100% is not observed. On the other hand, using a pixel
>> value works.
>> 
>> Currently I have been forced to set the height to 600px so its shown.
>> If any of you can help me to get back the 100% height for the window,
>> please do so. I have no clue myself. Seems to be a general problem of
>> standards compliance in XHTML that you cannot successfully set the
>> height to 100% for elements. Or?
>> - kasper
>
>The way 100% height works in css is slightly tricky; you can assign a
>height of 100% to an element, but unless its parent element ALSO has a
>height assigned, it **will not work**. This is because percentage
>heights in css are percentages of the height **of the parent element**.
>
>So, the trick is usually to make sure that the BODY tag has a height of
>100%: body {height:100%;}. There's a nice explanation & example of this
>on the webmasterworld forum:
>
>http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/200.htm?highlight=css++100%
>
>Hope it's useful.
>
>-Christopher
>
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God bless

- kasper
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