Height 100% is nearly impossible to reach in css along. However many workarounds to browser issues have been created. One of the simplist and my personal favorite is faux columns.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/ With this you set a repeating backgound in the parent of your three columns. it is always as long as the longest child and there for shows up correctly. I love css and have yet to find anything that I couldnt do in an amazingly short time in css. checkout csszengarden.com <http://csszengarden.com> and look for examples that are similar to your layout. its an amazing learn-by-example tool. Good luck and hit me up if you need specifc help with css. simeon On 11/10/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been playing with CSS again recently, and it was just so goofy and > frustrating- exactly like I remember DHTML from a few years ago, just more > options to screw everything up. I picked up the Flex2 Builder Alpha, and > based on what I have been able to build just in the Alpha, I see no reason > to keep playing with HTML for RIAs. > > Starting from scratch with zero knowledge of Flex, I was able to convert > an app that I have been trying to build in AJAX into Flex in about 4-5 > hours. Granted, it isn't a big app, but I spent several days playing around > with AJAX and CSS trying unsuccessfully to get it to do what I wanted. > > >Okay, I've looked all over the place, and can't find my answers. > > > >I am going forward with my complete css layout ambitions, and already, I > >can see why css doesn't catch on. It's frustrating! I want to make a > >fixed with (770 px), center-aligned, 3 column site that looks like so: > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223852 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
