Expand Layout

by merganser

HTML

<div id="container2">
	<div id="container1">
		<div id="col1">
			<!-- Column one start -->
			<h2>Equal height columns</h2>
			
			<!-- Column one end -->
		</div>
		<div id="col2">
			<!-- Column two start -->
			<h2>Cross-Browser Compatible</h2>
			
			<!-- Column two end -->
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

CSS

/* <!-- */
body {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
#header h1,
#header h2,
#header p {
	margin-left:2%;
	padding-right:2%;
}
#active2 #tab2,
#active3 #tab3,
#active4 #tab4,
#active5 #tab5 {
	font-weight:bold;
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#000;
}
#footer {
	clear:both;
	float:left;
	width:100%;
}
#footer p {
	margin-left:2%;
	padding-right:2%;
}

/* Start of Column CSS */
#container2 {
	clear:left;
	float:left;
	width:100%;
	overflow:hidden;
	background:red; /* column 2 background colour */
    
    position:absolute;
    bottom:0px;
    top:0px;
    left:0px;
    right:0px;
}
#container1 {
	float:left;
	width:100%;
	position:relative;
	right:50%;
	background:black; /* column 1 background colour */
}
#col1 {
	float:left;
	width:46%;
	position:relative;
	left:52%;
	overflow:hidden;
	background:yellow; 
}
#col2 {
	float:left;
	width:46%;
	position:relative;
	left:56%;
	overflow:hidden;
	background:green; 
}
/* --> */