How can I adjust the height of sidebar with mainarea in CSS

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I have made an html page. The Width of the page is 1000px. I layout the page with a sidebar and a mainarea.
the CSS Style for both is as under;

#sidebar
{
   width:300px;
   background-color:#000;
   float:left;
}

#mainarea
{
   width:700px;
   background-color:#C30;
   float:left;

}

I don't know how much height will require for the mainarea, because the contents of the mainarea will be generated dynamically.
My Question is how I can ensure that the sidebar height must end up with the mainarea height.

I mean I want the sidebar as long, as the mainarea. I hope you have understood my point.

Posted 4-May-12 22:10pm

rashidfarooq

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Darshan.Pa · Answer 1 · 2012-05-05T06:30:00

use this css you can change margin as per your requirement

CSS

#sidebar
{
   width:300px;
   background-color:#000;
   float:left;
   height : auto;
}

#mainarea
{
   width:700px;
   background-color:#C30;
   float:left;
   margin:10px;

}

if you like this than pls appreciate and always help others from your knowledge.