Repeat Pattern to 100% of the viewport

Question

in CSS i made that code:

   body {
    background-color:#f3f3f3;
    max-width:1920px;
    min-width:1024px;
    margin:0 auto;

but to seperate the header from the content i would like to have a "bar" between them.

so i made:

#zig {
max-width:100%;
background-image:url(../img/zig.png);
background-repeat:repeat-x;
height:25px;

but the Bar doesn't go "unlimited" it just repeat till it reaches "1920px" can i somehow change that? to put

min-width:100%

didn't work

Answer 1

max-width:1920px; /* REMOVE ME */

if you want something to be max-width 1920 than use a container child (of body) element.

what way you #zag DIV will spann the full width of html, body which is dictated by the viewport width.

If #zag is a DIV (and it's not position absolute or fixed) than you need to set only it's height. min-width:100% is not needed since it already spans the full available width - being a block-level element.

 html,body{height:100%;} body{margin:0; font:16px/1 sans-serif;} header, section, footer{ display:block; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 400px; /* you use 1920. 400 is for demo :) */ background:#eee; } .zag{ height: 50px; background:#0fb; } 

 <header>HEADER</header> <div class="zag">ZAG</div> <section>SECTION</section> <div class="zag">ZAG</div> <footer>FOOTER</footer>