XHTML HTML element with 100% height causing scrollbars

Question

In my CSS file I use this:

html,body{height:100%;padding:0;margin:0;border:0;}

Which causes a vertical scrollbar to appear on IE8, Chrome 5

Answer 1

Why are you setting 100% height in body?

It will get this height by default.

It makes sense to set height in body only if you want to set a numeric height in px such as lets say 600px