{"id":3235,"date":"2009-08-06T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T22:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/css-tricks.com\/?page_id=3235"},"modified":"2009-08-11T04:59:03","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T11:59:03","slug":"cross-browser-min-height","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/snippets\/css\/cross-browser-min-height\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Browser Min Height"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><code class=\"css\">div { \r\n   min-height: 500px; \r\n   height:auto !important; \r\n   height: 500px; \r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This works because (thankfully?) IE treats &#8220;height&#8221; how &#8220;min-height&#8221; is supposed to be treated.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dustindiaz.com\/min-height-fast-hack\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Dustin Diaz<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Alternate Using Expressions (IE Only)<\/h4>\n<pre><code class=\"css\">div {\r\n   height: expression( this.scrollHeight &lt; 501 ? \"500px\" : \"auto\" );\r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Sets the minimum height in IE to be 500px. Make sure that this.scrollHeight < 501 is 1 px greater than the minimum height that you want or you will get some strange results.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>div { min-height: 500px; height:auto !important; height: 500px; } This works because (thankfully?) IE treats &#8220;height&#8221; how &#8220;min-height&#8221; is supposed to be treated. 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