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Created October 16, 2015 12:24
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A CSS flexbox layout with a fixed header, a fixed footer, and an expanding centre section which scrolls if its content height is greater than its own height.
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flex_with_autoscroll.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Test fixed and scrolling divs in a flexbox layout</title>
<style media="screen">
* {
border: 0;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
line-height: 1;
}
html {
height: 99%;
}
body {
background-color: green;
color: yellow;
font-size: 36px;
height: inherit;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
div.container {
display: flex;
flex: auto;
flex-direction: column;
max-height: 100%;
}
div.fixed {
flex: none;
height: 36px;
}
div.scrolling {
display: flex;
flex: auto;
overflow-y: auto;
}
div.bottom {
align-self: flex-end;
}
div.scrolling div.scrolled {
display: block;
background-color: purple;
color: red;
width: 100%;
}
p {
border-top: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="fixed top">
Fixed top section
</div>
<div class="scrolling middle">
<div class="scrolled">
<p>
Scrolling middle
</p>
<p>
Scrolling middle
</p>
<p>
Scrolling middle
</p>
<p>
Scrolling middle
</p>
<p>
Scrolling middle
</p>
<p>
Scrolling middle
</p>
<p>
Scrolling middle
</p>
<p>
Scrolling middle
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="fixed bottom">
Fixed bottom
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
@mattiLeBlanc
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Hi,
in the class div.scrolling div.scrolled you will have to add a height:100% to make sure that the P tags which are rendered under the fold, also get the purple color.

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