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Asked: 2026-06-01T20:13:32+00:00

I have a webpage where a user enters a parameter value, then the result

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I have a webpage where a user enters a parameter value, then the result is fetched from server with Ajax and displayed in a div. Although the page height is elastic (i.e., supports stretching with sidebars for long content, it does not stretch when the div content is updated.

Do I need to call some kind of repaint or refresh method for the page? If yes, which? My page is JQuery enabled too.

UPDATE

The page is a Drupal page with full HTML content. According to FireBug, here is the tag with the style:

<div id="fw_results_content"
 style="position: absolute;
 top: 25px; width: 450px;
 text-align: justify;"> </div>
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  1. Editorial Team

    This is most likely a static height or position problem for the div or one of its parent containers.

    If the div or one of its parents has position: fixed or position: absolute, it is omitted from page height calculations.

    Likewise, if the div’s parent has a static set height, it’s height will also be omitted from page height calculations.

    Update

    After reading your updates, it’s safe to say the source of your dilemma is 

    style="position: absolute;

    This tells the browser to ignore the element’s height when calculating window height.

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