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<div id="container">
<div id="header">
<p>Header</p>
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<div id="content">
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<div id="footer">
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CSS:
body {
font: normal 16px/1.5em helvetica, arial, sans-serif
}
p {
text-align:center;
}
#container {
width:960px;
margin:0px auto;
}
#header {
text-align:center;
background: #777;
color:#fff;
height:50px;
padding:5px;
}
#content {
float:right;
width:610px;
text-align:center;
background:#ccc;
padding:150px 5px;
}
#sidebar {
float:left;
width:330px;
text-align:center;
height:300px;
background:#eee;
padding:15px 5px;
overflow:auto;
}
#footer {
clear:both;
text-align:center;
background: #555;
color:#fff;
height:50px;
padding:5px;
}
How do I make the "sidebar" 100% of the height of the user's browser (minus 50 pixels to leave room for the header)?
I believe it's possible to get the user's browser height using javascript and insert it dynamically into the css, but I don't know how to do that.