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From: Blinky the Shark on 16 Apr 2008 19:37
Harlan Messinger wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>> My apologies if this is a duplicate post, I can't find the earlier
>> version of my question.
>>
>> I have a DIV that uses a CSS class defined at the thtop of an HTML page.
>> The height and width of the class are set to 100%. I want the DIV to
>> cover the whole HTML page, but it only covers the browser screen. How
>> can I make it cover the whole HTML page?
>>
>>
> If this DIV sits directly inside the BODY and everything else sits inside
> it, it WILL cover the whole HTML page, without you needing to set the
> height at all.

I'm not even sure what's meant by "it only covers the browser screen".


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From: Blinky the Shark on 17 Apr 2008 15:19
Harlan Messinger wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Harlan Messinger wrote:
>>
>>> Steve wrote:
>>>> My apologies if this is a duplicate post, I can't find the earlier
>>>> version of my question.
>>>>
>>>> I have a DIV that uses a CSS class defined at the thtop of an HTML
>>>> page.
>>>> The height and width of the class are set to 100%. I want the DIV
>>>> to
>>>> cover the whole HTML page, but it only covers the browser screen. How
>>>> can I make it cover the whole HTML page?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> If this DIV sits directly inside the BODY and everything else sits
>>> inside it, it WILL cover the whole HTML page, without you needing to
>>> set the height at all.
>>
>> I'm not even sure what's meant by "it only covers the browser screen".
>>
>>
>>
> The only thing I could imagine is that he's trying to surround the
> contents with a border or background. But in that case he could just apply
> the styles to the BODY.

Starting to look like a drive-by, anyway. We'll probably never know.

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From: Ben C on 18 Apr 2008 16:56
On 2008-04-18, Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
[...]
>> Oh. I'm using the div as an overlay rather then changing the style of
>> the body because I like how the div blocks access to the page.
>
> Huh? How does an empty DIV at the bottom of the page block access to the
> page?
>
>> I am using this div as an "underlay" to a "pop in box", a div that is
>> made visible to display a message, like a pop in box
>
> Sorry, I have no idea what you mean by "pop in box" or what an underlay
> to such a box would be.

I think he means the whole page with all its contents is made to sort of
disappear by covering it with a div. On top of the div is a message. The
reader's attention is drawn to the message by the fact that everything
else has suddenly disappeared.
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