After trying to troubleshoot on my own, I ran into a roadblock due to my specific requirements not being met by existing solutions.
The issue at hand is as follows: I have a sticky DIV element positioned to the left, nested within another DIV Element with a fixed height in place to enable the sticky effect. On the right side, there are multiple elements contained within a separate DIV Container whose height adapts based on the number of elements it holds.
Ideally, I would like the sticky element to stop once the DIV Container with all its content elements has reached the end. However, because I had to set a fixed height for the Container housing the sticky element, it continues to occupy space as whitespace until more content can be displayed.
I hope my explanation makes sense.
alert("The height is " + $("#ProductContainer").height());#StickyContainer {
float: left;
height: 4000px;
width: auto;
}
.sidebar {
top: 0px;
float: left;
height: 400px;
width: 200px;
padding-left: 10px;
padding-top: 20px;
border: 2px solid black;
margin: 20px 10px 0px 5px;
position: -webkit-sticky;
position: sticky;
}
.content {
float: left;
width: 200px;
height: 300px;
padding: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;
margin-left: 5px;
border: 2px solid red;
}
#Test {
margin-top: 20px;
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
border: 2px solid blue;
}<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="StickyContainer">
<div class="sidebar">
This is the sticky sidebar
</div>
</div>
<div id="ProductContainer">
<div class="content">
One of many boxes
</div>
<div class="content">
Here are 2, but in reality there are more than 10
</div>
</div>
<div style="clear:both" ;></div>
<div id="Test"> Here is the next content </div>Please note: For optimal view, run this in fullscreen mode to prevent #ProductContainer from hiding under the sidebar.
I attempted various approaches, including using jQuery to retrieve the height of #ProductContainer and then setting that value as the new height for #StickyContainer. Unfortunately, this method resulted in a height of zero being returned.
My progress was stumped by this setback. I explored numerous solutions from StackOverflow, both involving JavaScript and HTML, yet none seemed to resolve the issue. It appears that the problem lies in how the ProductContainer is handling its content alignment.
Regardless of whether it's a simple oversight on my part, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.