Originally Posted by
Paul O'B
...you can't place an absolute element inside a container and have it take up space. The absolute element is removed from the flow so the container contains nothing and therefore won't create a scrollbar when squashed...
You've given me an idea. I can just use .nav & .content to take up space since they're not absolute.
So by having #sidebar height:100% to match the browser window & .nav, .content min-height:34em we have something that actually works. Which I'm still quite surprised about.
Thanks Paul.
Code:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
<title>Icon Problem</title>
<style>
html,body{height:100%;margin:0}
#sidebar {
width: 22em;
position:fixed;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
z-index:2;
color: #ffffff;
background-color: #333333;
overflow:auto;
height: 100%;
}
#sidebar .nav {
width: 3em;
float: right;
background-color: #2e2e2e;
border-left: 2px groove #454545;
height: 100%;
position:relative;
min-height:34em;
}
#sidebar .content {
height: 100%;
width: 16.875em; /* 17-(2/16) - 20em - .nav - nav border*/
float:left;
position:relative;
min-height:34em;
}
#sidebar .top {
position:absolute;
top:0;
}
#sidebar .bottom {
position:absolute;
bottom:0;
}
#sidebar .middle {
position: absolute;
bottom: 12em; /* 3.125*3 */
top: 16em; /* 3.125*4 */
background: green;
}
.content .middle {
overflow:auto;
}
#sidebar .content > div {width: 16.875em; } /*.top .middle .bottom*/
#sidebar .nav > div {width:3em; } /*.top .middle .bottom*/
/*table-cell trying get vertical-align working*/
#sidebar .table-cell {display:table-cell;}
#sidebar .middle .table-cell {vertical-align: middle;}
#sidebar .content p, #sidebar .content li, #sidebar .content img {font-size: .75em; color: #dddddd;}
#sidebar ul {margin:0; padding: 0;}
/*vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv------NON-STRUCTURAL STUFF BELOW------vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv*/
#sidebar .nav li {
padding: .5625em;
list-style:none;
}
#sidebar .nav li img {
height: 1.875em;
width: 1.875em
}
#sidebar .nav .top li { border-bottom: 2px groove #454545 }
#sidebar .nav .bottom li { border-top: 2px groove #454545 }
.content li {
position:relative;
display:block;
background-color: #444;
padding: .72em;
border-radius: .8em;
border-bottom: 1px solid #292929;
border-top: 1px solid #4c4c4c;
text-align: center;
font-size: 1em;
letter-spacing: .1em;
font-weight: normal;
height: 1.2em;
}
.content li:after {
content:"";
position:absolute;
display:block;
width:0;
top:.11em; /* controls vertical position */
right:-.852em; /* value = - border-left-width - border-right-width */
border-style:solid;
border-width:1.2em 0 1.2em 1.2em;
border-color:transparent #444;
}
.content .top li{margin: .95em 0 1.9em 0;}
.content .bottom li{margin: 1.9em 0 .95em 0;}
.content .logo {
text-align: center;
padding: 1em 0 2em 0;
width: 100%;
border-bottom: 2px groove #454545;
}
.content p.welcome {
text-align: center;
line-height: 1.5em;
margin: 1em 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="sidebar">
<div class="nav">
<div class="top">
<ul>
<li><img src="_images/attributes/attribute2.svg"></li>
<li><img src="_images/attributes/attribute2.svg"></li>
<li><img src="_images/attributes/attribute2.svg"></li>
<li><img src="_images/attributes/attribute2.svg"></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="middle"><div class="table-cell"><p>test</p></div></div>
<div class="bottom">
<ul>
<li><img src="_images/attributes/attribute2.svg"></li>
<li><img src="_images/attributes/attribute2.svg"></li>
<li><img src="_images/attributes/attribute2.svg"></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="top">
<ul>
<li>SIDEBAR LINK</li>
<li>SIDEBAR LINK</li>
<li>SIDEBAR LINK</li>
<li>SIDEBAR LINK</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="middle"><div class="table-cell">
<div class="logo"><img src="_images/g.svg"></div>
<p class="welcome">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris dictum tellus viverra neque bibendum in mattis ante dignissim. Nam mattis feugiat lorem porttitor adipiscing. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nunc feugiat magna vitae mauris egestas euismod. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Praesent magna sem, malesuada non fermentum vel, luctus quis mauris. Duis quam purus, ornare vitae eleifend sed, malesuada eget libero. Phasellus sed lorem risus, nec placerat urna. In magna turpis, accumsan ac egestas quis, dictum vel massa. Nulla vitae magna arcu. Maecenas sit amet vestibulum urna. Integer feugiat dignissim leo sed ornare. Maecenas auctor ultricies dui, pulvinar tincidunt velit feugiat quis. Sed egestas ornare elit, et fringilla quam viverra ut.</p>
</div></div>
<div class="bottom">
<ul>
<li>SIDEBAR LINK</li>
<li>SIDEBAR LINK</li>
<li>SIDEBAR LINK</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="dummy-column"></div>
</body>
</html>
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