make div permanent height & width and make it scrollable if content exceeds the limit

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function CreateComponents() {
	for(var i=0;i<10;i++)
	{
		$("#TreeView").append("<ul id='Comp" + i + "'><input type='checkbox' id='Component" + i + "' name='Component" +i + "' onchange='GetMemos(\"Comp" + i + "\",\"" + i + "\");' /><a>" + i + "</a></ul>");    
	}
}

function GetMemos(Tagid, data) {    
    if ($("#" + Tagid + " li").length == 0) {
        $("#" + Tagid).addClass('parent');
        for(var i=11;i<20;i++){            
            $("#" + Tagid + "").append("<li style='padding-removed20px'><input type='checkbox' id='Memo" + i + "' name='Memo" + i + "' /><a>" + i + "</a></li>")
		}
    }
}


</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="TreeView" style="width:50%;border:2px solid;height:75%;overflow:hidden;"></div>
<input type="button" value="Create Components" onclick="CreateComponents();" />
</body>
</html>

When i click the Create Component button, i will add some ul and on checkbox of each ul i will add some li.

What i want to do is to make the div size permanent with width 50 % and height 50%.

Can anyone please help me

Thanks in advance

Posted 17-Jan-15 22:28pm

Arjun Menon U.K

Updated 17-Jan-15 22:29pm

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-18T01:09:00

Solution 1

To make a div fixed-size and its content scrollable you have to set it's overflow (CSS) property to scroll...
See his code sample: http://jsfiddle.net/Lrt64s71/1/[^]
Notice that in web page the default height is infinite, so it has no meaning to set to 50%, but using some real value...

Posted 18-Jan-15 1:09am

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter