HTML&CSS + Twitter Bootstrap: full page layout or height 100% - Npx
HtmlCssTwitter BootstrapHtml Problem Overview
I'm trying to make following layout:
+-------------------------------------------------+
| Header + search (Twitter navbar) |
+------------+------------------------------------+
| | |
| | |
|Navigation | Content column |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
+------------+------------------------------------+
| Footer |
+-------------------------------------------------+
Layout must take all available height & width, navigation and content columns take all available space and scroll on overflow, footer should stick to bottom.
HTML looks like this now:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Bootstrap 101 Template</title>
<!-- Bootstrap -->
<link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
<link href="css/bootstrap-responsive.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
<link href="css/app.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="navbar">
<!-- navbar content -->
</div>
<div class="row-fluid columns">
<div class="span2 article-tree">
<!-- navigation column -->
</div>
<div class="span10 content-area">
<!-- content column -->
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">
<!-- footer content -->
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS:
body, html, .container-fluid { /// take all available height
height: 100%;
}
.article-tree {
color: #DCE6E5;
background: #2F323B;
}
.content-area {
overflow: auto;
height: 100%; /// explicit height to make scrolling work
}
.columns {
height: 100%; /// columns should take all height
margin-top: 42px; /// minus header
margin-bottom: 20px; // minus footer
}
.columns > div {
height: 100%; // make each column to take all available height
}
.footer {
background: red;
height: 20px;
}
.footer {
background: red;
height: 20px;
}
In theory it should work, but columns.margin doesn't work as I expect. I thought it should make height = 100% - magin, but it just moves the container.
I've googled and seen numerous questions on StackOverflow. All of them include JavaScript or position: absolute and manual positioning. IMHO they're more hacks than a solutions, I think there should be some simpler and more elegant and cross-browser way to solve this problem.
So how do I make layout described above? Maybe Bootstrap can help me (I've looked through documentation, but there are no mentions of cases like this)?
Html Solutions
Solution 1 - Html
I've found a post here on Stackoverflow and implemented your design:
Here's the original post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5768262/1368423
Is that what you're looking for?
HTML:
<div class="container-fluid wrapper">
<div class="row-fluid columns content">
<div class="span2 article-tree">
navigation column
</div>
<div class="span10 content-area">
content column
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">
footer content
</div>
</div>
CSS:
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
.container-fluid {
margin: 0 auto;
height: 100%;
padding: 20px 0;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.columns {
background-color: #C9E6FF;
height: 100%;
}
.content-area, .article-tree{
background: #bada55;
overflow:auto;
height: 100%;
}
.footer {
background: red;
height: 20px;
}
Solution 2 - Html
I know it's late in the day but might help someone else!
body,html {
height: 100%;
}
.contentarea {
/*
* replace 160px with the sum of height of all other divs
* inc padding, margins etc
*/
min-height: calc(100% - 160px);
}
Solution 3 - Html
if you use Bootstrap 2.2.1 then maybe is this what you are looking for.
Sample file index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title></title>
<link href="Content/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="Content/Site.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body>
<menu>
<div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
<div class="container">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a class="navbar-brand" href="/">Application name</a>
</div>
<div class="navbar-collapse collapse">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/Home/About">About</a></li>
<li><a href="/Home/Contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li><a href="/Account/Register" id="registerLink">Register</a></li>
<li><a href="/Account/Login" id="loginLink">Log in</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</menu>
<nav>
<div class="col-md-2">
<a href="#" class="btn btn-block btn-info">Some Menu</a>
<a href="#" class="btn btn-block btn-info">Some Menu</a>
<a href="#" class="btn btn-block btn-info">Some Menu</a>
<a href="#" class="btn btn-block btn-info">Some Menu</a>
</div>
</nav>
<content>
<div class="col-md-10">
<h2>About.</h2>
<h3>Your application description page.</h3>
<p>Use this area to provide additional information.</p>
<p>Use this area to provide additional information.</p>
<p>Use this area to provide additional information.</p>
<p>Use this area to provide additional information.</p>
<p>Use this area to provide additional information.</p>
<p>Use this area to provide additional information.</p>
<hr />
</div>
</content>
<footer>
<div class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-bottom">
<div class="container" style="font-size: .8em">
<p class="navbar-text">
© Some info
</p>
</div>
</div>
</footer>
</body>
</html>
File Content/Site.css
body {
padding-bottom: 70px;
padding-top: 70px;
}
Solution 4 - Html
Is this what you are looking for? Here is a fiddle demo.
The layout is based on percentage, colors are for clarity. If the content column overflows, a scrollbar should appear.
body, html, .container-fluid {
height: 100%;
}
.navbar {
width:100%;
background:yellow;
}
.article-tree {
height:100%;
width: 25%;
float:left;
background: pink;
}
.content-area {
overflow: auto;
height: 100%;
background:orange;
}
.footer {
background: red;
width:100%;
height: 20px;
}