Reputation: 43
I'm trying to create a webpage that will have a fixed sidebar and scrollable content. It does work if I don't have a header div. If I scroll page I have some empty space that previously was a header (i marked it with red color). I'd like my sidebar to cover the empty space after I scroll through header div.
Here's my HTML Code - how can I fix this?
<!doctype html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"type=" text/css"/>
</head>
<body>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
</div>
<div id="navigation">
<ul>
<li><a href="#home">home</a></li>
<li><a href="#news">news</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">contact</a></li>
<li><a href="#about">about</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div id="abcd">
</div>
</div>
</body>
CSS
#page
{
position:relative;
width:100%;
height:3000px;
background-color:yellow;
}
#header
{
background-color: blue;
width:100%;
height:150px;
}
#navigation
{
background-color: red;
width:10%;
height:3000px;
float:left;
}
#content
{
float:left;
background-color: green;
width:90%;
overflow: auto;
height:1000px;
}
body
{
margin: 0;
}
ul
{
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 10%;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
position: fixed;
height: 100%;
overflow: auto;
}
li a
{
display: block;
color: #000;
padding: 8px 0 8px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
Upvotes: 3
Views: 10814
Reputation: 377
You have to place your navigation div in outermost part i.e. in body(not in any other div).
I have tested this and its now working fine.
Your new code should be
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type=" text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="navigation">
<ul>
<li><a href="#home">home</a></li>
<li><a href="#news">news</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">contact</a></li>
<li><a href="#about">about</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="page">
<div id="header">
</div>
<div id="content">
<div id="abcd">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
And your modified css:-
#page {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
height: 3000px;
background-color: yellow;
}
#header {
background-color: blue;
width: 100%;
height: 150px;
display: block;
}
#navigation
{
background-color: red;
width:10%;
height:100%;
float:left;
position: absolute;
z-index:1;
}
#content {
float: left;
background-color: green;
width: 90%;
overflow: auto;
height: 1000px;
}
body {
margin: 0;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 10%;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
position: fixed;
height: 100%;
overflow: auto;
}
li a {
display: block;
color: #000;
padding: 8px 0 8px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
In css I have changed the navigation's height to 100% and its z-index to 1.
Also you didn't close the div tag with class "page".
Reference:- w3 css sidenav
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 1185
Please try this:
#navigation {
background-color: red;
width: 10%;
height: 3000px;
float: left;
position: absolute;
z-index: 99999;
left: 0;
top: 0;
}
Upvotes: 0