Hi Tony
I'm guessing the leftcol div is inside the outer div. I can't figure out
exactly what's going on here, but if you change the CSS for #outer to:
#outer {
background-color: red; width: 100%; min-height: 400px; height:1px
}
this triggers the containing block behaviour you're looking for. Anyone care
to explain?
Chris
On 8/20/06, Tony Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I am writing a page specifically for firefox.
>
> #outer {
> background-color: red; width: 100%; height: 400px;
> }
> #leftcol {
> background-color: blue; width: 30%; height: 100%; float: left;
> }
>
> gives me what I want - leftcol same length as outer, but I also would
> like
> the outer div to expand, so I set it to min-height: 400px.
> Now the leftcol 100% becomes the height of the viewport.
>
> i can get what i want by setting leftcol to also be min-height 400px, but
> what is it that changes in interpretation of height and min-height?
>
>
>
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