Fixed el. inside scrollable div
HTML
<div id="container">
<div class="content info">
Click in this div to hide/show the tooltip.
</div>
<div class="content">
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</div>
<div class="content">
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</div>
<div class="content">
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</div>
<div class="content">
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</div>
<div id="tooltip">
This tooltip should not occupy it's initial space at the bottom of it's parent div...
<br><br><br>
But yet it's space is taken in consideration. Scroll down to see...
</div>
</div>
CSS
#container {
height: 19rem;
overflow-y: scroll;
}
.info {
background: lightblue;
padding: .5rem;
}
#tooltip {
background: gray;
position: sticky;
bottom: 0;
margin: 0 2rem;
display: none;
padding: 1rem;
}
#tooltip.shown {
opacity: 1;
display: block;
}
JavaScript
const myDiv = document.querySelector('#container');
const tooltip = document.querySelector('#tooltip');
let showTooltip = false;
myDiv.addEventListener('click', () => {
showTooltip = !showTooltip;
if (showTooltip) {
tooltip.classList.add('shown');
} else {
tooltip.classList.remove('shown');
}
})