but I think I may already have an answer to that (only it doesn't work yet because I can't get the div to scroll to begin with).Īny solutions? Perhaps javascript is needed? (of which i know little about)Īnd the relevant code that is causing the issue (since posting the whole thing in here is waaay too long). That leads me to the other issue, that i don't want a scroll bar to display. How can I get it to scroll vertically if the content is too tall for the div? Adding a fixed height can solve the issue, but that’s not always desirable.
It’s like that element is ready to stick when the parent scrolls, but it never does because the height is unconstrained. The div containing the menu is inside another wrapper div that is positioned absolutely and height set to 100%. Any overflow value other than visible and no height is the enemy of child elements with position: sticky.
Placing it inside a fixed container with overflow:hidden on the container fixed the issue. In my case I was having trouble with using object-fit:cover on a fixed-position element (it was spilling outside the bounds of the page body, regardless of overflow:hidden). The div that contains the menu is set to min-height:100% and position:fixed. I have a container div, A, with overflow: hidden, and inside, I have a div, B, with a fixed position.If div B has parts outside of div A, should its contents get clipped Since in all the browsers. The content of the fixed container should then be clipped as expected. This is problematic a little whilst we use overflow:hidden trick for clearfix etc. I've tried using different overflows in css, but nothing makes the div scroll. css3 position Currently the position:sticky element exclusively works when the all of general parents are overflow:visible. there is no way to get it to scroll that I can find (at least not with css). The issue is that when the browser view-port is too small to see the entire menu. If the used box is direct child for body and has neighbours, then it makes sense to check z-index and top, left properties, since they could overlap each other, which might affect your mouse hover while scrolling the content. Right side is a standard div that scrolls properly. Generally speaking, fixed section should be set with width, height and top, bottom properties, otherwise it won't recognise its size and position. I am trying to fix a div so it always sticks to the top of the screen using. The overflow is clipped and the rest of the content will be invisible. Part of this processing model is the layout. I have a fixed position div on the left side of the scroll for a menu. Using Css Fixed Position Elements Across Browsers Without Javascript. None-the-less, this was my first blush with an interesting quirk of fixed position elements and overflow and I’ll never apologize for an opportunity to learn.I have actually two issues, but lets resolve the primary issue first as I believe the other is easier to address. Now let’s add another parent and move the position:relative one level up (or, in your context, you could maybe simply use an existing upper parent). Maybe that shouldn’t be a modal then?” Touché. Indeed, we can actually see that the little blue square is partially hidden by its overflow hidden parent. I told a friend I’d made a Modal that had an internal scroll. The issue with overflows is that a sticky element sticks to its nearest ancestor that has a scrolling mechanism (created when overflow is hidden, scroll, auto, or overlay. The browser doesn’t seem to be respecting position: sticky once we add overflow to the mix. Does it work and get me most of the way there without a significant amount of additional effort? Barring a generous internet soul divining the answer to me … absolutely. Position Fixed Overflow Hidden - lasopamachines.