Title: Sidebar Length
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Sidebar Length

 *  [Jabbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jabbok/)
 * (@jabbok)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/)
 * How do I make the sidebar image extend the length of the page?
 * You can see how it stops short here

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 *  [Hannah S.L.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fernashes/)
 * (@fernashes)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-152933)
 * Somewhere in your layout, you should be able to tell the sidebar that it should
   be 100%. I’m not quite sure where, because each theme is different…
 *  Thread Starter [Jabbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jabbok/)
 * (@jabbok)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-152944)
 * LOL…. I added that bit of CSS and the sidebar gained about 3 inches in length
   but it still doesn’t go to the bottom of the page.
 * Any other suggestions?
 *  [billramby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billramby/)
 * (@billramby)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-152954)
 * How about this, any clues for the same question as applies to the Classic WP 
   theme? That might help both of us in finagling themes. At least it’s a starting
   point.
 * Regards
    Bill R.
 *  Thread Starter [Jabbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jabbok/)
 * (@jabbok)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-153250)
 * bump…..
 * cause I’m still in need.
 * 🙂
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-153251)
 * No problem. Set up the image as a bg in the rap not the menu itself. That way
   it will run all the way down. Adjust header and footer to taste. Best Wishes.
 *  Thread Starter [Jabbok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jabbok/)
 * (@jabbok)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-153258)
 * That did it.
 * I’m using the “Benevolence” template. The CSS had both “wrapper” and “inside 
   wrapper”. I placed the bg url in the “inside wrapper” and now it goes the distance.
 * Thanks….
 *  [billramby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billramby/)
 * (@billramby)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-153259)
 * It depends on the theme. In the classic templates css file, theres a line under
   the #menu section, theres a line that reads;
 * `padding: 20px 0 10px 30px`
 * If you change it to;
 * `padding:20px 0 100% 30px;`
 * It goes almost to the bottom. It stops above the comment area and I haven’t figured
   out how to get it all the way to the bottom.
 * Regards
    Bill R.
 *  [tjinh200](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tjinh200/)
 * (@tjinh200)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-153472)
 * wp 1.5
 * my layout is based on Kubrick, though heavily modified …
 * under the #sidebar i’ve added:
    ` padding-bottom: 100%;  and it does extend, 
   but too far, and isn’t dynamic with the different pages … i’ve checked for other
   margins/padding/breaks, and there’s aren’t any stray ones that would make an 
   impact …
 * what could be the reason for the sidebar not dynamically adjusting 100% to the
   content?
 * in IE: does not extend far enough
    in FF: extends too far
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-153473)
 * Because the default does not use float positioning for the sidebar.
 *  [tjinh200](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tjinh200/)
 * (@tjinh200)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-153474)
 * Root: how might I go about making this work then?
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-153475)
 * The templates I construct all use float positioning with clearer divs, and the
   option of faux columns which gives the color menu bg all the way down. That gives
   a robust performance across platform, a fully formed footer with no borkage, 
   and of course it flexes regardless of length of content or menus. It is fair 
   to say that the CSS positioning I use is very different from the default theme.
   I think it is also fair to say that changing one to the other is like changing
   horses into camels. 🙂 Once you get into your situation there is no quick fix
   available. We do what we do for very good reason. Its tried. Its tested. And 
   it is used by just about every web standards designer on the planet (with a few
   exceptions 🙂 )

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-length/#post-153475)
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