[SPAM] [WEB4LIB] Using CSS to control the height of an inline DIV element

[John Creech]

Hi John.  Here's an article from A List Apart that may give you ideas on a 
"faux columns" approach:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/

And here's a UK site that implements multiple columns of equal length. 
FWIW.

http://www.pmob.co.uk/temp/3colfixedtest_4.htm

John Creech
Electronic Resources & Systems Librarian
Central Washington University Library

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, John Fitzgibbon wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have created a DIV element which occupies the right 25 percent of the 
> computer screen. To do this I have declared its display property to be 
> inline rather than block. Because it is inline I can't control its 
> height with the height property; the height of an inline element is 
> determined by its content. I wish the element to be at least 100% of the 
> screens height.
>
> Any ideas would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards
> John