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Asked: 2026-06-18T20:14:45+00:00

i have markup like this: <html> <body> <div class=page> <div class=top_menu> some text </div>

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i have markup like this:

<html>
<body>
  <div class="page">
      <div class="top_menu">
        some text
      </div>
      <div class='header'>
         menu
      </div>
      <div class="main">
          <div class="left_sidebar">
             left
          </div>
          <div class="content">
             left
          </div>
          <div class="right_sidebar">
             right
          </div>
      </div><!-- main div -->
   </div> <!-- page div -->
</body>
</html>

I need to set block .main to 100% page height, this is my css:

html {
    height: 100%;
}
body {
    height: 100%;
    min-height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
.page {
    height: 100%;
    min-height: 100%;
    background-color: white;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    width: 1084px;
}
.main {
  width: 1084px;
  height: 100%; // not working
}
.left_sidebar {
  float: left;
  max-width: 197px;
  height: auto;
}
.content {
  width: 517px;
  float: left;
}
.right_sidebar {
  width: 359px;
  float: right;
}

Right now text inside .main shown beyond the block and in Chrome i can see that width of this block is 1084 but height is 0. I know maybe this issue has already been asked, but i think i missed something.

Searched over internet tried this solution, did not worked for me

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try using this http://jsfiddle.net/7cZMh/2/

    HTML

    <html>
<body>
  <div class="page">
      <div class="top_menu">
        some text
      </div>
      <div class='header'>
         menu
      </div>
      <div class="main">
          <div class="left_sidebar">
             left
          </div>
          <div class="content">
             left
          </div>
          <div class="right_sidebar">
             right
          </div>
      </div><!-- main div -->
   </div> <!-- page div -->
</body>
</html>

    CSS

    html{
    min-height: 100%;
    position: relative;
}
body{
    height: 100%;
    overflow: hidden; // hide overflow
}
.page{
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    background: maroon;
}
.main {
    height: 100%;
    background: black;
    overflow: auto; // restore overflow
}

    Oops, forgot this.

    .left_sidebar {
  float: left;
  max-width: 197px;
  height: auto;
}
.content {
  width: 517px;
  float: left;
}
.right_sidebar {
  width: 359px;
  float: right;
}
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