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CSS

Posted by Ivan Tomicic
Ivan Tomicic
3,873 Points

100% screen size problem

Can somebody tell me what is the problem here?

I have THIS file. with css:

.mainpanel {
    background-color: blue;
    min-height: 500px;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}


.secondpanel {
    background-color: red;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    min-height: 500px; 
}

But page always show min-height and does not span 100% height?

Thank you

3 Answers

Travis Joyner
Travis Joyner
14,553 Points

The height of a block element corresponds to its content, unless you specify a certain height. Giving this element a percentage height won't really do anything unless the parent element has a specified height.

Ivan Tomicic
Ivan Tomicic
3,873 Points

I want to create something like this website: http://www.diehlgroup.com/ so that it detects screensize and give me fullscreen slideshow, isn't that possible?

Travis Joyner
Travis Joyner
14,553 Points
Travis Joyner
Travis Joyner
14,553 Points

You might try setting your div like this:

div {
     height:100vh;
}

This will set the div to 100% of the viewport.

Ivan Tomicic
Ivan Tomicic
3,873 Points
Ivan Tomicic
Ivan Tomicic
3,873 Points

Thanks :)