Thanks, switching to fixed dimensions for the map fixed it! On Dec 13, 2:43 pm, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 13, 1:04 pm, Fledder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I did figure out that if > > I set the height of ALL parent elements to 100% it does render in the > > sidebar. > > That's correct. The browser needs to know what it's 100% of. If an > element in the hierarchy doesn't have a size (either fixed or > percentage) then it all becomes rather indeterminate. > > > The problem is, I cannot do that, as it breaks all kinds of > > things in my layout. Why can't I just render the map as a block in the > > sidebar without having to change the entire layout rules of the site? > > You can set the div to a fixed size. But if the sidebar is variable > width (say) then you need to be able to determine the width all the > way up the hierarchy to where it can be determined with certainty. > > You don't necessarily have to go all the way to <html> if you can fix > the dimensions lower in the hierarchy.
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