2008/8/1 Alan Gresley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Seona Bellamy wrote: >> 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. > > 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>
Thanks for the links Alan. Interesting reading. I'll have a play around with this and see what I can come up with.. Cheers, Seona. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
