HTML CSS examples for CSS Layout:Column Layout
Columns as backgrounds and expand to match page height
<html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <style id="compiled-css" type="text/css"> html, body { height: 100%; overflow: hidden; position: relative; } #bluecol {<!-- w w w. j ava 2 s. co m--> height:100%; background-color: red; display: inline; float: none; left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 50%; z-index: -5; } #yellowcol { height:100%; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 0); display: inline; float: none; right:0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 50%; z-index: -5; } #container { background-color:#E5ECFB; font-family:'calibri'; margin:10px; overflow:hidden; z-index:5; font-size:medium; height: 100%; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="bluecol"></div> <div id="yellowcol"></div> <div id="container"> whatever </div> </body> </html>