That sounds pretty messy, even in fruition Seth. You're saying both the portals have a variable amount of content, and the first is to stretch while the second fills the gap and has scroll bars?
What is the purpose of these two panes, exactly? And what would you want to happen to the bottom pane if the top one is over one viewport's height? Any kind of min-height intention? I'm trying to create a layout at the moment that's similar to this, except the bottom part is relatively static content and has a fixed height - this is still very contrived without tables. I'm just thinking that maybe a simpler idea for your layout would be more convenient to use and easier to implement - too many variable elements on that scale doesn't sound like good usability. Regards, Barney ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/