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HTML
<div class="l-fit-height">
<section class="l-fit-height-row">
<div class="l-fit-height-row-content">
<p>Header</p>
<p>Header</p>
</div>
</section>
<section class="l-fit-height-row-expanded">
<div class="l-fit-height-row-content l-scroll">
<div class="l-scroll-content">
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
<p>Foo</p>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section class="l-fit-height-row">
<div class="l-fit-height-row-content">
<p>Footer</p>
<p>Footer</p>
<p>Footer</p>
</div>
</section>
</div>
CSS
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
height: 100%;
}
.l-fit-height {
display: table;
height: 100%;
}
.l-fit-height-row {
display: table-row;
height: 1px;
}
.l-fit-height-row-content {
/* Firefox requires this */
display: table-cell;
}
.l-fit-height-row-expanded {
height: 100%;
display: table-row;
}
.l-fit-height-row-expanded > .l-fit-height-row-content {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
@-moz-document url-prefix() {
.l-scroll {
/* Firefox requires this to do the absolute positioning correctly */
display: inline-block;
}
}
.l-scroll {
overflow-y: auto;
position: relative;
height: 1000px;
}
.l-scroll-content {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
height: 1000px;
min-height:100px;
}