Complicated Layout!

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5720552/complicated-css-layout-need-some-help

by clairesuzy

HTML

<div id="wrapper">
    <div id="content">
          <div id="foo">
                <!-- stuff here that isn't relevant -->
                <img src="http://dummyimage.com/500x65/dad/fff&text=foo+content" alt="" height="65" width="500">
          </div>
          
          <ul id="menu">
                <li><a href="#">Menu Item 1</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Menu Item 2</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Menu Item 3</a></li>
          </ul>

        <div id="stuff">
                    <p>some content</p>
            <p><a id="clickme" href="#"> click here to show/hide content</a></p>
            
            <div id="show-hide">
            <p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p>
            <p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p>
            <p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p><p>some content</p>
            
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            </div>
        
        
        </div>
        
            <div id="sidebar">
                <ul>
         ...

CSS

html, body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    height: 100%;
}

#wrapper {
    position: relative;
    height: 100%;
}

#content {
    position: relative;
    background-color: #C9E6FF;
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 900px;
    min-height: 100%;
}

#foo {background: #fff;}
#foo img {display: block; margin: 0 auto;}

#footer {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 49px;
    text-align: center;
    background: #fff;
    border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
}

#footer p {
    color: #777777;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 4;
    text-align: center;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}


/* dependent elements */
#sidebar {
    position: absolute;
    top: 100px; /* height of everything above the pink/blue columns */
    bottom: 50px;
    width: 150px;
    background-color: #ffccff;
    overflow-y: auto;
}

#sidebar ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
border-top: 1px solid #000;
}

#sidebar li {
line-height: 5; /* adjust to get scroll */
border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
}

#stuff {
     padding-bottom: 60px; /* to clear footer */
     margin-left: 170px;
}

ul#menu {
    margin: 0; 
    padding: 0; 
    list-style: none; /* reset */
    height: 27px; /*height of this and foo make top position for sidebar */
    padding-top: 8px; /* total height = 35px + 65px foo height = 100px which is top co-ordinate for sidebar */
    background: #fff;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #e3e3e3;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: right;
    padding-right: 50px;
}

ul#menu li {
    border: 1px solid #e3e3e3;
    border-bottom: 0;
    padding: 0 8px;
    margin: 0 0 0 4px;
    text-align: center;
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    line-height: 26px;
}

ul#menu li {display: inline !ie7;} /* to make IE7 and below accept inline-block on a block level element */

ul#menu li a {
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
    color:#000;
}

.hide {display: none;}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
   $("#clickme").click(function () {
            $("#show-hide").toggleClass("hide");
              return false; // don't jump to the hash - fragment identifier
    });
});