On two separate occasions this month, I’ve been required to produce a layout in which a fixed-width scrolling side “pane” and flexible scrolling main “pane” must resize to fill all available space in a browser window. As a CSS purist, I’ve always tried to avoid such dynamic layouts, but sometimes they’re required. When they are, I like to have a good old grumble about the fact that I’ve resorted t
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