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Asked: 2026-05-20T05:45:33+00:00

I recently found a site that used a div with position absolute, and the

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I recently found a site that used a div with position absolute, and the top, left, right and bottom values all set to 0. This created a 100% high, 100% wide div. I am now using this as well, and was wondering if there is any reason not to?

It works really well, it’s a simple solution, and the other way I was using had a bug I couldn’t fix. The application I’m using this for should only every take up the browser window, and never needs to be bigger.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I am now using this as well, and was
    wondering if there is any reason not
    to?

    This technique works fantastically in modern browsers – there is no reason not to use it.

    (unless you care about some really old browsers (IE5/6?), which don’t support setting top and bottom or left and right on the same element)

    Here’s an answer I wrote earlier today which uses a similar technique.

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