Set DIV height so that it reaches the bottom of the viewport

Question

How to set the height of this DIV so that it reaches the bottom of the viewport ? The DIV cannot be absolutely positioned ; it's in the flow.

<html>
   <body>
      Hello world...
      <div>xxx</div>
   </body>
</html>

If there is a CSS solution (which I doubt), it's great but using JS/jQuery is fine. CSS3 is fine too.

possible duplicate of [How to apply 100% height to div?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1818467/how-to-apply-100-height-to-div) — bfavaretto, Mar 12 '12 at 15:47
could you tell us why you need it? maybe there's another way to achieve the same goal without inserting lots of javascript in your app and making the code harder to maintain, not to mention the annoying browser compatibility issues... — Castilho, Mar 12 '12 at 15:51

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '12 at 15:50

9

Using jQuery:

var h = $(window).height() - $('div').offset().top;
$('div').height(h);

answered Mar 12 '12 at 15:50

calebds

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '12 at 15:48

0

Start with:

body, html { height:100% }

Then give your DIV height:100%

answered Mar 12 '12 at 15:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 12 '12 at 15:49

0

Use $(window).height() to get the actual height of the element

$("div").height($(window).height())

answered Mar 12 '12 at 15:49

Starx

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