Here is 2 column markup using display: table
and display: table-cell
CSS declarations:
In Addition to jsFiddle, I can offer an ugly hack if you wish in order to make it cross-browser (IE11, Chrome, Firefox).
Instead of height:100%;
, put height:1em;
on the .cell
.
When you use %
for setting heights or widths, always set the widths/heights of parent elements as well:
.table {
display: table;
height: 100%;
}
.cell {
border: 2px solid black;
vertical-align: top;
display: table-cell;
height: 100%;
}
.container {
height: 100%;
border: 2px solid green;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
}
<div class="table">
<div class="cell">
<p>Text
<p>Text
<p>Text
<p>Text
<p>Text
<p>Text
<p>Text
<p>Text
</div>
<div class="cell">
<div class="container">Text</div>
</div>
</div>
set height: 100%;
and overflow:auto;
for div inside .cell
Make the the table-cell position relative, then make the inner div position absolute, with top/right/bottom/left all set to 0px.
.table-cell {
display: table-cell;
position: relative;
}
.inner-div {
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
table{
height:1px;
}
table > td{
height:100%;
}
table > td > .inner{
height:100%;
}
Confirmed working on:
This is exactly what you want:
HTML
<div class="table">
<div class="cell">
<p>Text</p>
<p>Text</p>
<p>Text</p>
<p>Text</p>
<p>Text</p>
<p>Text</p>
<p>Text</p>
<p>Text</p>
</div>
<div class="cell">
<div class="container">Text</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.table {
display: table;
height:auto;
}
.cell {
border: 2px solid black;
display:table-cell;
vertical-align:top;
}
.container {
height: 100%;
overflow:auto;
border: 2px solid green;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
}