Title: extend sidebar using css
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# extend sidebar using css

 *  [boriszex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boriszex/)
 * (@boriszex)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extend-sidebar-using-css/)
 * Hello, I need small help with CSS, I want that my sidebar background on next 
   blog [http://www.softwaretipspalace.com/blog/](http://www.softwaretipspalace.com/blog/)
   be extended to the bottom of page, id tag which I use from CSS is next:
 *  float: right;
    width: 305px; height: 100%; margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px;
   background-color: #666666; padding:5px; color: #FFFFFF;
 * I tryed to add height: 100%; but it didn’t worked, how to do that
 * Thanks

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 *  [ivovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivovic/)
 * (@ivovic)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extend-sidebar-using-css/#post-632968)
 * you basically can’t make the height dynamic because it’s floated.
 * What people do to maintain the illusion is to use a background image on the containing
   div, which forms the background for the content area and the sidebar.
 * the other alternative is to restructure using good old tables.
 *  [ivovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivovic/)
 * (@ivovic)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extend-sidebar-using-css/#post-632970)
 * I should say, it doesn’t need to be a large image… just the correct width for
   the container.
 * With your 2 colour background, it could be one pixel height, almost black for
   2/3, and 1/3 light gray.
 *  Thread Starter [boriszex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boriszex/)
 * (@boriszex)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extend-sidebar-using-css/#post-632991)
 * thanks for the tip, I was so focus on sidebar css that I didn’t think I could
   do that as you mention, I will make changes as you say
 * thanks
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extend-sidebar-using-css/#post-632996)
 * Google for “faux columns” – that’s the solution.
 *  Thread Starter [boriszex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boriszex/)
 * (@boriszex)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extend-sidebar-using-css/#post-633010)
 * thanks guys, it’s done, thanks Ivovic,
 *  [ivovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivovic/)
 * (@ivovic)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extend-sidebar-using-css/#post-633058)
 * anytime
 * looks good, too 🙂

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