height:100% not working in Internet Explorer

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I have a question about the CSS property height:100% in Internet Explorer.

height:100% does not work in IE, but it does in Firefox and Chrome.

HTML File :

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<html style="height:100%;">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body>
    <div id="menu_neu">
        <ul id="topNav">
            <li class="current"><a href="#section-1">SECTION 1</b></a>
            </li>
            <li><a href="#section-2">SECTION 2 </b></a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
    <div id="wrapper">
        <!--SECTION- 1 .....................................................................................................................................-->
        <div class="section" id="section-1">SECTION - 1
            <div style="height:100%;" id="intro">
                <div class="story">
                    <div class="bg1"></div>
                    <div class="bg2"></div>
                    <div class="bg3"></div>
                    <div class="float-left" style="margin-top:120px; width:500px;">
                         <h2>HEIGHT 100% works in Chrome and Firefox,<br> <b>but not in IE!</b></h2>

                        <div id="s1Pfeil1" style="padding-top:120px;padding-left:255px;"> <a href="#second" title="Next Section"><img src="images/icon_down_normal.png" alt="Next" /></a>

                        </div>
                        <!--/box-links-->
                    </div>
                    <!--/float-left-->
                </div>
                <!--./story-->
            </div>
            <!--/intro-->
            <div style="height:100%;" id="second">
                <div class="story">
                    <div class="bg1_2"></div>
                    <div class="bg2_2"></div>
                    <div class="bg3_2"></div>
                    <div class="float-right" style="margin-top:45px; width:500px;">
                            <h2>HEIGHT 100% works in Chrome and Firefox,<br> <b>but not in IE!</b></h2>

                        <div id="s1Pfeil2" style="padding-top:200px;padding-left:225px;">   <a href="#intro" title="Before Section"><img src="images/icon_up_normal.png" alt="Next" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</a>  <a href="#third" title="Next Section"><img src="images/icon_down_normal.png" alt="Next" /></a></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</a>
                        </div>
                        <!--/box-links1-->
                    </div>
                    <!--/float-right-->
                </div>
                <!--./story-->
            </div>
            <!--#second-->
            <div id="third" style="height:100%;">
                <div class="story">
                    <div class="bg1_3"></div>
                    <div class="bg2_3"></div>
                    <div class="bg3_3"></div>
                    <div class="float-left" style="margin-top:80px; width:500px;">
                            <h2>HEIGHT 100% works in Chrome and Firefox,<br> <b>but not in IE!</b></h2>

                        <div id="s1Pfeil3" style="padding-top:200px;padding-left:225px;">   <a href="#second" title="Next Section"><img src="images/icon_up_normal.png" alt="Next" /></a>

                        </div>
                        <!--/box-links2-->
                    </div>
                    <!--/float-left-->
                </div>
                <!--.story-->
            </div>
            <!--#third-->
        </div>
        <!--/section1-->
        <!--SECTION- 2 BRANDSTIFTER..................................................................................................................................-->
        <div class="section" id="section-2">SECTION -2
            <div id="intro_bs">
                <div class="story_bs">
                    <div class="bg1_bs"></div>
                    <div class="bg2_bs"></div>
                    <div class="bg3_bs"></div>
                    <div class="float-left_bs" style="margin-top:50px; width:600px;">
                            <h2>HEIGHT 100% works in Chrome and Firefox,<br> <b>but not in IE!</b></h2>

                        <div id="s2Pfeil1" style="padding-top:-50px;padding-left:305px;"> <a href="#second_bs" title="Next Section"><img src="images/icon_down_normal.png" alt="Next" /></a>

                        </div>
                        <!--/box-links-->
                    </div>
                    <!--/float-left_bs-->
                </div>
                <!--.story-->
            </div>
            <!--#intro-->
            <div id="second_bs">
                <div class="story_bsc">
                    <div class="bg1_2_bs"></div>
                    <div class="bg2_2_bs"></div>
                    <div class="bg3_2_bs"></div>
                    <div class="float-right_bs" style="margin-top:120px; width:500px;">
                            <h2>HEIGHT 100% works in Chrome and Firefox,<br> <b>but not in IE!</b></h2>

                        <div id="s2Pfeil2" style="padding-top:80px;padding-left:305px;"><a href="#intro_bs" title="Next Section"><img src="images/icon_up_normal.png" alt="Next" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#third_bs" title="Next Section"><img src="images/icon_down_normal.png" alt="Next" /></a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <!--.story-->
            </div>
            <!--#second-->
            <div id="third_bs">
                <div class="story_bsc">
                    <div class="bg1_3_bs"></div>
                    <div class="bg2_3_bs"></div>
                    <div class="bg3_3_bs"></div>
                    <div class="float-right_bs" style="margin-top:120px; width:500px;">
                            <h2>HEIGHT 100% works in Chrome and Firefox,<br> <b>but not in IE!</b></h2>

                        <div id="s2Pfeil3" style="padding-top:100px;padding-left:225px;">   <a href="#second_bs" title="Next Section"><img src="images/icon_up_normal.png" alt="Next" /></a>

                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <!--.story-->
            </div>
            <!--#third-->
        </div>
        <!--/section-2-->
    </div>
    <!--/wrapper-->
    <div class="suche">
        <form class="search" action="" method="post">
            <label for="search-box">Search:</label>
            <input id="search-box" type="text" name="search" onclick="search_bigger();" onblur="search_smaller();">
        </form> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BrandortMarketingKommunikationsGmbh" title="Werde Fan von Brandort. auf Facebook" alt="Werde Fan von Brandort. auf Facebook" target="_blank"><div class="herz"></div></a><a href="images/icon_quicklinks_phone_hover_big.png" rel="lightbox" title="So erreichen Sie uns" alt="So erreichen Sie uns"><div class="telefon"></div></a>

    </div>
    <div class="css-panes">
        <div style="display: block;"></div>
        <div></div>
        <div></div>
        <div></div>
        <div></div>
        <div></div>
    </div>
</body>

CSS File :

html{
    height:100%;
}

body{
    font-family: 'universal_light';
    margin: 0;
    min-width: 980px;
    padding: 0;
    line-height:2em;
    background-color: #f6aa27;
    height: 100%;

}

p{
    margin: 0 0 20px 0; 
}

p, ul{
    font-family:'universal_light';
    font-weight:normal;
    font-size:16px;
}

img{
    border: 0;
}

h1, #pixels{
    font-family:"Museo 900", Verdana, serif;
    font-size-adjust:0.40;
    font-weight:700;
    font-style:normal;
}

h2{
    font-family: 'universal_black';
    color:#000000;
    font-size:30px;
    font-weight:normal;
}

#wrapper{
    height: 100%;
}

#header h1, #pixels{
    color: #48941A;
}



#nav{
    list-style: none;
    position: fixed;
    right: 20px;
}

#nav li{
    margin: 0 0 15px 0; 
}

#nav_bs{
    list-style: none;
    position: fixed;
    right: 20px;
}

#nav_bs li{
    margin: 0 0 15px 0; 
}

#nav_bsa{
    list-style: none;
    position: fixed;
    right: 20px;
}

#nav_bsa li{
    margin: 0 0 15px 0; 
}

#header, #intro, #second{
    width: 100%;
}



/*hier wurde "fix" nach der "no-repeat" gelöscht*/
#intro{
    background-color:#f6aa27;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    height: 1200px;
    width:100%;
    border-style:solid;
    border-width:5px;

}



/*hier wurde "fix" nach der "no-repeat" gelöscht*/
#intro .bg1{

    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    margin-top: -26px;
    margin-left: 66px;

}
/*hier wurde "fix" nach der "no-repeat" gelöscht*/
#intro .bg2{

    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}
#intro .bg3{
    background: url(images/kohle.png) 50% 0 no-repeat fixed;
    width: 1000px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}

#second{
    background:url(images/bg1.jpg) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    background-color:#f6aa27;
    color: #D3D3D3;
    height: 100%;
    min-height: 100%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    border-style:solid;
    border-width:5px;
}

#section-2{
background-color:#D3D3D3;
}

#second .bg1_2{
    background:url(images/second/feurig.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    margin-left: 143px;
    margin-top: -10px;

}

#second .bg2_2{
    background:url(images/second/handschrift.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}

#second .bg3_2{
    background:url(images/second/brandeisen.png) 50% 0 no-repeat fixed;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}


#third{
    background:url(images/bg1.jpg) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    background-color:#f6aa27;
    color: #000000;
    height: 100%;
    min-height: 100%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
        border-style:solid;
    border-width:5px;
}

#third .bg1_3{
    background:url(images/third/handschrift.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}
#third .bg2_3{
    background:url(images/third/feurig.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
}

#third .bg3_3{
    background:url(images/third/seil.png) 50% 0 no-repeat fixed;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
}

#fifth{
    background: #ccc;
    height: 400px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 40px 0 0 0;
}



#header, #intro_bs, #second_bs{
    width: 100%;
}

#intro_bs{
    background:url(images/bg2.jpg) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    background-color:#c9cacc;
    color: #000000;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
        border-style:solid;
    border-width:5px;

}

#intro_bs .bg1_bs{
    background:url(images/intro_bs/mitarbeiter.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}

#intro_bs .bg2_bs{
    background:url(images/intro_bs/feurig.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}
#intro_bs .bg3_bs{
    background:url(images/intro_bs/handschrift.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
}

#second_bs{
    background:url(images/bg2.jpg) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    background-color:#c9cacc;
    color: #000000;
    height: 950px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
        border-style:solid;
    border-width:5px;
}

#second_bs .bg1_2_bs{
    background:url(images/second_bs/feurig.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}

#second_bs .bg2_2_bs{
    background:url(images/second_bs/handschrift.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}

#second_bs .bg3_2_bs{
    background:url(images/second_bs/steffen.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 950px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    margin-left: -121px;


}


#third_bs{
    background:url(images/bg2.jpg) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    background-color:#c9cacc;
    color: #000000;
    height: 950px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
        border-style:solid;
    border-width:5px;
}

#third_bs .bg1_3_bs{
    background:url(images/third_bs/feurig.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}
#third_bs .bg2_3_bs{
    background:url(images/third_bs/handschrift.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;

}
#third_bs .bg3_3_bs{
    background:url(images/third_bs/mike.png) 50% 0 no-repeat;
    width: 900px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 950px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0;
    margin-left: -121px;
    margin-top: -287px;
}




.story{
    margin: 0 auto;
    min-width: 980px;
    overflow: auto;
    width: 980px;

}

.story .float-left, .story .float-right{
    padding: 100px 0 0 0;
    position: relative;
    width: 350px;   
}


.linkp1 a {
    background:url('images/brandort_norm.gif') 0 0 no-repeat fixed;
    /*height: 12px;
    width: 95px;*/
    display: block;
    z-index:11111;
}

.linkp1 a:hover {
    background:url('images/brandort_hover.gif') 0 0 no-repeat fixed;
}


.linkp2 a {
    background:url('images/brandstifter_norm.gif') no-repeat fixed;
    /*height: 12px;
    width: 95px;*/
    display: block;
    z-index:11111;
}

.linkp2 a:hover {
    background:url('images/brandstifter_hover.gif') no-repeat fixed;
}

.linkp3 a {
    background:url('images/brandsaetze_norm.gif') no-repeat fixed;
    /*height: 12px;
    width: 95px;*/
    display: block;
    z-index:11111;
}

.linkp3 a:hover {
    background:url('images/brandsaetze_hover.gif') no-repeat fixed;
}

.linkp4 a {
    background:url('images/brandschaetze_norm.gif') no-repeat fixed;
    /*height: 12px;
    width: 95px;*/
    display: block;
    z-index:11111;
}

.linkp4 a:hover {
    background:url('images/brandschaetze_hover.gif') no-repeat fixed;
}

.linkp5 a {
    background:url('images/brandpunkt_norm.gif') no-repeat fixed;
    /*height: 12px;
    width: 95px;*/
    display: block;
    z-index:11111;
}

.linkp5 a:hover {
    background:url('images/brandpunkt_hover.gif') no-repeat fixed;
}




#menu_neu {
height: 40px;
width: 1200px;
text-align: center;
line-height:1em!important;
position: fixed;
left: 40%;
width: 640px;
z-index: 10000;
}

ul#topNav{
    margin-top:51px;
    margin-left: -218px;
    color:#000000;
}

ul#topNav li {
    list-style: none;
    display: inline;
    margin: 0; padding: 0;
    margin-top: 50%;
}

ul#topNav a, ul#topNav span {
    float: left;
    margin-right: 0.4em;
    margin-left: 0.1em;
    padding: 0.2em 1em;
    text-decoration: none;
    color:#000000;
    font-size:14px;
}

* html ul#topNav a, * html ul#topNav span {  /* Korrektur fuer IE 5.x */
    width: 8em;
    wi\dth: 6em;
}

ul#topNav a:hover, ul#topNav span {
    color:#000000;
    font-size:14px;
}

ul#topNav a:active {
    color:#000000;
    font-size:14px;
}

ul#topNav div {
     clear: left;
}

#topNav .current a {
    color:#F45D32;
}

Demo : http://ealtinel.com/height/

How can I get it to work in IE?

make html, body {height:100%} and mark rest height:auto; (Ex: #wrapper{height: auto;}) in your css — Anna.P, May 29 '13 at 10:48
@aldimeola1122 yes, put ` ` in the beggining. [Example](http://jsbin.com/exayom/2/edit) — Vucko, May 29 '13 at 11:01
Hi Aldimeola....your problem is with your image tag, (Ex: ). In IE its working fine if i remove the image tag...Problem in positioning the image. — Anna.P, May 29 '13 at 12:29

score 40 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 29 '14 at 10:21

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In IE, in order for an element to have height:100%;, all parent elements must have height:100%;. Any break in the "chain" will cause IE to ignore everything.

It should work if your css includes the following:

html,body { height:100%; } 
#wrapper { height:100%; }
.section { height:100%; }

I've opened your page in IE and applied these changes using the developers tools and can verify that it works.

edited Sep 29 '14 at 10:21

Tasos K.

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answered May 29 '13 at 11:53

snumpy

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@aldimeola1122 you need to put `#wrapper{ height:100%; }` back in – snumpy May 29 '13 at 12:38

Savas Vedova · Answer 2 · 2014-01-25T23:23:40.753

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In order to use height: 100%, the parent container should have a fixed height.

So for example while this should work:

<div style="height: 400px;">
    <div style="height: 100%; background: red; float: left; width: 200px;">
        Left Column
    </div>
    <div style="height: 100%; margin-left: 210px;">
        Right Column
    </div>
</div>

The following will not work:

<div style="height: 100%;">
    --- same code
</div>

One way to achieve a fixed height when you don't know parent's height is using position: absolute;.

<div style="position: relative;">
    <div style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 200px; background: red;">
        Left Column
    </div>
    <div style="margin-left: 210px;">
        Right Column
    </div>
</div>

Otherwise you could use javascript as noted in the other answer. But I prefer pure CSS solutions.

Check here for a live fiddle.

Hope that helps.

edited Jan 25 '14 at 23:23

answered May 29 '13 at 11:27

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@aldimeola1122 sorry I missed your comment... I just seen it but the link is dead. – Savas Vedova May 22 '15 at 05:57
@LaraBelle I guess that browser was dead 10 years ago:) – Savas Vedova Feb 21 '17 at 15:16
@SavasVedova not on my Senior Dev. He wants everything to be supported. – hdotluna Feb 22 '17 at 01:56
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@LaraBelle, sorry, I dont have the tools to test ie 6. Maybe you should try setting up height 100% of every parent or you can use javascript to set the height (guess this is an easier solution). – Savas Vedova Feb 22 '17 at 18:50

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 29 '13 at 14:10

In order to make it work. You have to make the parent html and the child to have the same attributes.In some cases you have to use pixels in order to make it function.

html,body, \\ this has to go to every element you want to have a height 100% 
{
  height:100%;
}

I also have something nice

window.onload=function(){
if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){ \\ to detect if the browser used by the client is IE
winHight = window.innerHeight
document.getElementById("mainContainer").setAttribute('style',"height:"+winHeight+";");
}
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 29 '13 at 11:18

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I faced a same problem with one of my project as well but couldn't find the solution as width: 100% was working but not height. So I used a little trick to wrap my page inside a div and update div's height with javascript.

windowHeight = window.innerHeight
document.getElementById("mainContainer").setAttribute('style',"height:"+windowHeight+";");

And linked that to an event.

edited May 29 '13 at 11:18

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answered May 29 '13 at 11:12

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 19 '17 at 19:49

I know this post is old, but it still might be useful to some people. I had a problem with an image on IE. The image had the property "max-width:100%", and it would work perfectly on Chrome, but not at all on IE.

What I simply did to the image is put a width AND a max-width. It would be something like :

 img.logo {
        width:100%;
        max-width:1600px;
    }

And it worked for me :D`

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 02 '18 at 16:18

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If you don't enter the height property, it will be sized proportionally to the width. style="height: 25%; width: 25%; object-fit: contain" doesn't work in IE style="width: 25%; object-fit: contain" works in IE and sized height at 25%

answered May 02 '18 at 16:18

Etienne Dieuned N.

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 22 '18 at 14:36

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Try this code

border-bottom: 1px solid /* any color that match to your design */

answered Jun 22 '18 at 14:36

Ḿichael

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score -1 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 10 '16 at 03:31

I tried a few things out and this seems to be the solution:

Add the following meta-tag in the head-section of your html-document:

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE10" >

It seems as if the IE automatically turns on the compatibility mode for (IE) Version 7. This meta-tag forces IE to set the compatibility mode to Version 10 of IE. This solution only work in IE Version 10 or higher.

Good Luck!

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