I have a DIV that has a percentage for height. I’ve tried to use overflow:auto on it but it seems to disregard this after a certain number of paragraphs are placed within the DIV. I’m assuming this means that using overflow:auto in conjunction with percentage dimensions is simply impossible.
Any input on this is appreciated. Can this be done?
http://www.w3schools.com/Css/pr_pos_overflow.asp
I’m assuming you want scrollbars to show when the content overflows the div?
Can you post the code?
[edit]: I just did some testing quick…it looks like the div height and width needs to be large enough to accommodate the scrollbars. 50x50 px will accommodate them, but I wouldn’t go to much smaller than that. The scrollbars themselves take up 20px or so.
I would but I have too much and I’d hate for others to do all the leg work, ya know? I went to that page you linked to, changed a div to use % in height, and realized that it’s possible. So I just need to go back and re-adjust things.
Thanks Force Flow. 
This may have nothing to do with your problem but for a percentage height to work the parent of that element must have a height set. It cannot be height:auto or have it’s height dictated by its content otherwise the child’s height reverts to auto.
If the parent has a percentage height then it’s parent must also have a height set and so on all the way up the tree. The height must always be reconciled to a known computed height otherwise it becomes height:auto. min-height is of no use for this purpose.