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How can I add a scrollbar to a div that has a parent div with overflow hidden?

I have am restricting the body to be the viewport's height and setting overflow: hidden on it. I am using jQuery to slide in a div that is absolutely positioned outside of the viewable area. The div that slides in is larger than the viewport and I would like for its contents to be scrollable within the viewport window.
Here's my fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/hvew0qx4/1/
HTML:
<div class='buttons'>
<button id="toggle-results">Show Results</button>
</div>
<div class="map general-styling"></div>
<div id="results-area" class='movable'>
<div class="results general-styling"></div>
</div>
CSS:
body {
height: 100vh;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
}
.general-styling {
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100%;
border-width: 10px;
border-style: solid;
}
.movable {
transition: all 0.3s ease;
position: absolute;
z-index: 44;
width: 100vw;
min-height: 100vh;
background-color: white;
overflow-y: scroll;
}
.map {
background-color: red;
border-color: pink;
height: 100vh;
}
.results {
background-color: blue;
border-color: orange;
height: 1000px;
}
.buttons {
position: absolute;
z-index: 1000;
top: 40px;
right: 40px;
}
JavaScript:
var $toggleResultsBtn = $('#toggle-results');
var $resultsArea = $('#results-area');
var $body = $('body');
$('.movable').css('top', $body.height());
$toggleResultsBtn.on('click', function(){
$toggleResultsBtn.text(function(i, text){
return text === "Show Results" ? "Hide Results" : "Show Results";
});
$resultsArea.css('top', function(i, value){
return value === '0px' ? $body.height() : '0px';
});
});

Set the height of the inner div to that of its container, and then add the property overflow-y: scroll to it.
Like so:
.container {
height: 200px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.elem {
height: 200px;
overflow-y: scroll;
}
If you want the div to scroll down at least 1000px (you want a scrollbar without any content in your div), you may want the outer div to have overflow-y set to scroll, like so:
.container {
height: 200px;
overflow-y: scroll;
}
.elem {
height: 1000px;
}
EDIT: I played around with your fiddle, and it looks like the biggest thing holding you back from what you are looking for is that you are using min-height for your .moveable div.
Change it to:
.movable {
transition: all 0.3s ease;
position: absolute;
z-index: 44;
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh; /* Change was made on this line */
background-color: white;
overflow-y: scroll;
}
min-height allows your div to grow. You clearly don't want that here, since if the div can grow, there is no need for scrolling.
EDIT 2: Added bonus - to get the scrollbar back from the edge of the screen, override the default margin given to the body:
body {
margin: 0;
}
EDIT 3: Here's an updated JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/anishgoyal/hvew0qx4/4/

Using pure CSS, make a div centered until it runs into sidebar from resizing the window?

I want to create a website with a single fixed-width centered column and an additional fixed-width sidebar that is position: fixed on the left. When the window is large, this works perfectly, but when I resize the window, they begin to overlap when there's plenty of room left on the right side of the window. For example:
I'd like the center div to be positioned in the center until it runs into the sidebar, at which point I'd like it to have a more fluid responsive design, where the sidebar starts to push the div to the right as you resize the window. For example:
The only solution I'm aware of is something like this (using the jQuery resize event and adding a class to the center column when the window resizes small enough):
var SMALL_WINDOW_SIZE = 560;
function checkWindowSize() {
var $content = $("#content");
if ($(this).width() < SMALL_WINDOW_SIZE && !$content.hasClass("smallWindow")) {
$content.addClass("smallWindow");
} else if ($(this).width() >= SMALL_WINDOW_SIZE && $content.hasClass("smallWindow")) {
$content.removeClass("smallWindow");
}
}
$(document).ready(function() {
checkWindowSize();
});
$(window).resize(function() {
checkWindowSize();
});
#sidebar {
background: orange;
width: 100px;
height: 200px;
position: fixed;
top: 10px;
left: 10px;
}
#content {
background: blue;
width: 300px;
height: 350px;
margin: 0px auto;
}
.smallWindow {
float: left;
margin-left: 120px !important;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id='sidebar'></div>
<div id="content"></div>
I can't help but feel there should be a pure CSS solution or one that uses less or more elegant JavaScript. Is there such a thing?

This isn't by any means the best way of achieving the desired effect with CSS, but it's the methodology behind using CSS media queries to adapt layout that I want to convey.
Obviously if this meets your needs, you'll want to adjust the numbers/widths to suit your case.
*, :before, :after{
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
margin: 0;
}
.wrapper {
position: relative;
padding: 20px;
}
.sidebar, .main {
padding: 20px
}
.sidebar {
position: fixed;
top: 20px;
left: 20px;
width: 200px;
background: goldenrod;
color: white;
height: 50vh;
}
.main {
margin-left: 220px;
background: mediumblue;
color: white;
height: 200vh;
}
#media (min-width: 1050px){
.main{
margin: 0 220px 0 220px;
}
}
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="sidebar">
Sidebar
</div>
<div class="main">
Main
</div>
</div>
» JSBin

Fixed positioned element with the same distance to another element when browser window is larger

I am struggling all afternoon to resolve a problem. Maybe this is a common question but I could not find anything similar in here or on Google. I hope you guys can help.
I have a fixed positioned element on the left of the page and I want that the distance between that element and another on the page be always the same when the browser window is larger. How can I do it?
Now, the other element has to be set in percentage while the fixed element can be or not with pixels.
Is there any css calc(), javaScript, jQuery, something you can think of to resolve this?
HTML
<div class="fixed"></div>
<div class="left-element"></div>
CSS
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
min-height: 2000px;
min-width: 100%;
}
.fixed
{
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 200px;
width: 200px;
background-color: blue;
}
.right-element {
width: 25%;
height: 200px;
background-color: yellow;
margin-left: 75%;
}
Here is the Fiddle

I have the same solution as #Calvin Claus but with just a minor css modifcation, no javascript needed
.right-element {
width: calc(100% - 400px);
height: 200px;
background-color: yellow;
margin-left: 400px;
}
fiddle
Update: Similar, but as you asked, the calc on the fixed element.
.fixed {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 200px;
width: calc(75% - 200px);
background-color: blue;
}
.right-element {
width: 25%;
height: 200px;
background-color: yellow;
margin-left: 75%;
}
new fiddle

I came up with a simple jquery solution:
var distanceBetwennElems = 100;
function calcRightElemWidth() {
var rightElemWidth = $(window).width() - ($('.fixed').width() + distanceBetwennElems);
$('.right-element').css("width", rightElemWidth);
}
Just call this when the document is ready and the window is resized.
Also I removed margin and width form the .right-element css, because this is done by js now:
.right-element {
height: 200px;
background-color: yellow;
float: right;
}
https://jsfiddle.net/bjrno78p/2/

You can adjust the width of the left, fixed element, using calc. Here's an example using 500px as the desired distance between the elements, and 25% as the width for the right-element.
.fixed
{
// disired distance = 500px
// right-element width = 25%
width: calc(100vw - 500px - 25%);
}
Your updated fiddle

Emulating a fixed sidebar template issues

am trying to emulate this theme:
http://themetrust.com/demos/ink/?project=the-city-of-samba
But instead make the blog post always remain centered in the right hand side (space outside of the fixed sidebar) and have the blog post be of a % width.
I currently have this set up on my site, but am using a percentage based sidebar which looks awful.
Here is a JSfiddle recreating in basic terms the theme from above:
http://jsfiddle.net/Uyv6w/4/
All i am after is to make that grey inner div always remain centered inside the red content div.
Incase JSFiddle goes down and for future ref:
HTML:
<div id="container">
<div id="sidebar"></div>
<div id="content">
<div id="inner"></div>
</div
</div>
CSS:
* {
margin: 0; padding: 0;
}
html, body {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-color: #333;
}
#container {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
#sidebar {
height: 100%;
width: 100px;
background-color: #9b59b6;
position: fixed;
}
#content {
width: 100%;
background-color: #f00;
}
#inner {
width: 60%;
margin-left: 150px;
background-color: #888;
height: 1000px;
}
Thanks.

There are just 2 properties to change in ordre to make this work the way you want :
#content {
/* width: 100%; */
margin-left: 100px; /* the width of you sidebar.
Since #content is a div, a block-level element
, its width will be automatically 100%
, minus the margins */
background-color: #f00;
}
#inner {
width: 60%;
/* margin-left: 150px; */
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto; /* having margin-left & right set to auto will center your div.
you could also use "margin: 0 auto" */
background-color: #888;
height: 1000px;
}
I have updated you JSFiddle example here : http://jsfiddle.net/Uyv6w/5/

http://jsbin.com/requv/1/edit
if you set body, html (and the container) to height 100%, it will not be able to to scroll.
the height should be more then 100%.

scroll the content inside the div with fixed position using browser/page scroll bar

I have some div's with position:fixed all around the page.
one of that div has little more long content.
my aim is that I want to scroll the content inside that box, using the main browser/page scroll-bar. (its not normal overflow:auto like this)
this is the exact situation
http://s7.postimage.org/d6xl1u9mz/sample.jpg
is any plugin available ?

Without knowledge of your HTML:
<body>
<section id="bodyContent"></section>
<header></header>
<section id="lSide"></section>
<section id="rSide"></section>
</body>
#bodyContent {
box-sizing: border-box;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
min-height: 100%;
width: 100%;
padding: 90px 45px 0px 105px;
background-clip: content-box;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
body {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-image: url(page_background.jpg);
background-attachment: fixed;
}
header, #lSide, #rSide {
position: fixed;
}
header {
top: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 90px;
background-image: url(page_background.jpg);
background-attachment: fixed;
}
#lSide {
left: 0;
top: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 105px;
padding: 90px 0 0 0;
}
#rSide {
right: 0;
top: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 45px;
padding: 90px 0 0 0;
}
This will force the contents of #bodyContent to sit inside the opening between the various border elements, and it will cause any overflow to trigger a scrollbar on the body element as you desire. JSFiddle

Maybe it's possible. I've created a jsFiddle which does the trick. It's not perfect, but you can develope it further... Also this snippet works only with modern browsers, but is easy to fix for older IEs too. Core code below.
JavaScript:
window.onload = function () {
var content = document.getElementById('contentwrapper'),
dimdiv = document.getElementById('scrollingheight'),
wrapHeight = document.getElementById('fixed').offsetHeight,
scroller = function () {
content.style.top = -(document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop) + 5 + 'px';
return;
};
dimdiv.style.minHeight = (content.scrollHeight - wrapHeight + 2 * 5) + 'px';
window.addEventListener('scroll', scroller, false);
return;
}
CSS:
#fixed {
position: fixed;
min-width: 300px;
min-height: 200px;
max-height: 200px;
background: #fff;
left: 150px;
top: 200px;
overflow-y: hidden;
border: 1px solid #000;
}
#contentwrapper {
max-width: 290px;
position: absolute;
top: 5px;
left: 5px;
}
#scrollingheight {
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
visibility: hidden;
min-width: 1px;
}
HTML:
<div id="scrollingheight"></div>
<div id="fixed">
<div id="contentwrapper">
content
</div>
</div>
Notice, that all content in the body, but #scrollingheight, must be fixed. Constant 5 is related to #contentwrapper's top value.

AFAIK you cannot do that.
At least not without some wicked JS trickery.
Why? cause you cannot force the browser's default scrollbar height (make it smaller) to embrace some content that is inside a totally different area than the html, body (document).
My suggestion is that you build a custom scrollbar, calculate the height of your nice overflow hidden area, add it to the scrollable ratio calculation.