footer all the way down , simply from IE8 and young browsers : Gcyrillus

dabblet.css

/* footer all the way down , simply from IE8 and young browsers : Gcyrillus  */
html  {																									background: #f06;background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f06, yellow);padding:0;
/* ! */		height: 100%;
}
body {
/* ! */		display:table;
/* ! */		height:100%; 			/* en fait c'est un min-height */																										width:60%;box-shadow:0 0 15px ;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto;background: linear-gradient(-150deg, #f06, yellow);
}
header,section,footer {
/* */		display:table-row;}
header, footer  {					/* height:auto; *//* implicite */														background:#333;color:white;}
section {
/* ! */		height:100%;			/* utilise tout l'espace vertical que header et footer n'utilise pas */
}
</style>
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<style>

dabblet.html

<header><h1>HTML Ipsum Presents</h1></header>
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dabblet.js

// alert('Hello world!');

settings.json

{"view":"split-vertical","fontsize":"100","seethrough":"","prefixfree":"1","page":"all"}