I want to keep my footer at the bottom of the page while keeping there position absolute , the have the following page structure :

<div id="head"> </div> //want to keep its size auto and always on the top (position absolute) 
<div id="body"> </div> //the children of #body have position absolute (keep size auto)
<div id="foot"> </div> //want to keep this at the bottom (just below body , if body size 
                         changes then footer will also change (position absolute)

How can i do this?

Edit

I think i was not clear to my question, sorry for that but my actual problem is that in #main ( height : auto ) the contents are absolute so those contents are not included in the height of main ( i am just guessing this ) thats why the height of main was 0 because of this the footer es up. This is my actual problem.

I want to keep my footer at the bottom of the page while keeping there position absolute , the have the following page structure :

<div id="head"> </div> //want to keep its size auto and always on the top (position absolute) 
<div id="body"> </div> //the children of #body have position absolute (keep size auto)
<div id="foot"> </div> //want to keep this at the bottom (just below body , if body size 
                         changes then footer will also change (position absolute)

How can i do this?

Edit

I think i was not clear to my question, sorry for that but my actual problem is that in #main ( height : auto ) the contents are absolute so those contents are not included in the height of main ( i am just guessing this ) thats why the height of main was 0 because of this the footer es up. This is my actual problem.

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2 Answers 2

Use bottom:0:

#foot {
  position:absolute; /* your requirement, you can also use fixed though */
  bottom:0;
  /* your other possible styles */
}

Just keep in mind that for bottom to work, you got to specify the position as you said :)

If you use position:fixed, the footer will still be available on bottom of the page when you scroll but it is up to your requirements.

If i understand correctly you need position:fixed and not absolute..

#head {
    position:fixed;
    height:30px;
    top:0;
    left:0;
    right:0;
}
#foot{
    position:fixed;
    height:40px;
    bottom:0;
    left:0;
    right:0;
}

#body{
    padding-top:30px; /* the same as the #head height*/
    padding-bottom:40px; /* the same as the #foot height*/
}

Demo at http://jsfiddle/ZXMTR/