--- title: A Dynamically-Sized Sticky Sidebar with HTML and CSS description: Sticky positioning can get a bit tricky, particularly when it comes to height and the dangerous situation of hiding content in a position that can’t be... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-dynamically-sized-sticky-sidebar-with-html-and-css-iy0fclp5u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Dynamically-Sized Sticky Sidebar with HTML and CSS | daily.dev og:description: Sticky positioning can get a bit tricky, particularly when it comes to height and the dangerous situation of hiding content in a position that can’t be... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-dynamically-sized-sticky-sidebar-with-html-and-css-iy0fclp5u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IY0fclp5u.png og:image:alt: A Dynamically-Sized Sticky Sidebar with HTML and CSS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Dynamically-Sized Sticky Sidebar with HTML and CSS **[CSS-Tricks](https://daily.dev/sources/css_tricks)** · 3 min read · 13 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Sticky positioning can get a bit tricky, particularly when it comes to height and the dangerous situation of hiding content in a position that can’t be scrolled to. I recently worked on a desktop layout that we’re all familiar with: a main content area with a sidebar next to it. This particular sidebar contains action items and filters that are pertinent to the main content. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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