Seona Bellamy wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I need to create an absolutely positioned div that will float on top
> of the existing page layout, and be 100% of the height of the rendered
> page, not the viewport.

[..]
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Seona.


Simply give the ancestor of the a.p. box position:relative which 
establishes a containing block [1] (not the principal containing block 
which is the root element <html>).


<http://css-class.com/test/css/visformatting/positioning/100per-box-entire-viewpoint.htm>


And for IE6 only give a height in pixels.


1. <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#containing-block-details>


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