- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 12:52:56 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Sean M. Hall" <pianoman@reno.com>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Fri, 7 May 2004, Sean M. Hall wrote:
>
> A common problem with CSS is two column stretching. The navbar should be
> as long (no more, no less) than the content div. CSS does not yet have a
> rule for this (see http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/3column.html)
>
> I propose this for CSS(3):
>
> div#navbar {
> height: offsetHeight(div#content)px;
> width: 25%;
> }
This is possible now in CSS2.1:
div#navbar { display: table-cell; }
div#content { display: table-cell; }
(Assuming the two elements are adjacent siblings.)
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