Child div 100% height to parent auto height

Question

Im here because other similar questions couldn\'t help my particular problem.

I need right div to be 100% height all the time, where the parent

Answer 1

You can accomplish this using flexbox and some creativity.

.container {
  display: flex;
  background: black;
  padding: 5px;
  width: 300px
}

.left {
  height: 200px;
  flex: 1 0 0px;
  background: blue;
}

.right {
  flex: 1 0 0px;
  overflow: auto;
  background: green;
}

.column {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  width: 20%;
}

<div class="container">
  <div class="left"></div>
  <div class="column">
    <div class="right"></div>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 2

.parent{
    position: relative;
    width: 100px;
    height: auto;
}
.child{
    width: 50px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: red;
}
.child_absolute{
    position: absolute;
    left: 50px;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    width: 50px;
    background-color: blue;
}

<div class="parent">
    <div class="child"></div>
    <div class="child_absolute"></div>
</div>

Answer 3

By reading your comments on other solutions it is clear to me that only solution for you is to implement some JS into your code. This is not a problem, however.

http://jsfiddle.net/b7TuP/

Answer 4

You can use the table-cell value of the display property in this layout and remove the float like this:

.left, .right{
    display:table-cell;
}

live demo http://jsfiddle.net/C9Kmx/34/

Answer 5

Make the right div position:absolute; and make the parent div position:relative; and then height:100%; will work for the right div. Make sure you also adjust its x-position and width accordingly. In this example I gave it a left:50px to make sure it appears to the right of the left column.

JSFiddle http://jsfiddle.net/e9mvD/

Answer 6

Give position:fixed and height:100% for the right div. This will solve your issue.