Confused about div height

[uman]

Hello,

I have a div that I want to extend only as far as everything else on the page. I do NOT want it to extend farther, increasing the height of the document. How is this possible using CSS and HTML?

Thank you.

[uman]

Also:

I want that div to scroll when its content is too big for the page.

[aerofanatic]

Set a fixed height in CSS.
And set the overflow:scroll for the containing div in CSS

[uman]

You mean specify a height in pixels? I can't do that, as I want the div to be as long as the rest of the page, not a fixed, unchanging length...

[aerofanatic]

Actually, just try setting to overflow:true and see what happens.

You might need to sue javascript to find the height of the window and then set the div height from there.