Flexbox avoid growing column when content overflows
HTML
<div class="top">
<div class="firstcol">
<div class="header">header</div>
<div class="main">
<div class="content">content</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">
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</div>
</div>
<div class="secondcol">
<div class="othercontent">fixed</div>
</div>
</div>
SCSS
body,
html {
height: 100%;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
flex: 1;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.top {
border: 2px solid lime;
display: flex;
flex: 1;
.firstcol {
border: 1px solid red;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
overflow: auto;
.header {
border: 1px solid yellow;
}
.main {
border: 1px solid navy;
flex: 1;
padding: 1rem 2rem;
overflow: auto;
.content {
border: 2px solid maroon;
width: 1000px;
}
}
.footer {
border: 1px solid magenta;
}
}
.secondcol {
border: 1px solid red;
.othercontent {
border: 1px solid yellow;
width: 350px;
}
}
}