jQuery Style How to - Get a left border to run until the end of the page?

Question

We would like to know how to get a left border to run until the end of the page?.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'
  src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.2.js'></script>
<style type='text/css'>
<!--from  w w  w .ja  v  a 2  s  .  c  om-->
#content {
  background-color: #CCC;
  height: 200px;
  width: 500px;
  margin: auto;
  border-left: 5px solid yellow;
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(window).load(function(){
    if($('#content').height() < $(window).height())
    {
        $('#content').css('height','100%');
    }
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="content"></div>
</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: