Set Google Maps Container DIV width and height 100%
Setting Map Container to position to relative do the trick. Here is HTML.
<body>
<!-- Map container -->
<div id="map_canvas"></div>
</body>
And Simple CSS.
<style>
html, body, #map_canvas {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#map_canvas {
position: relative;
}
</style>
Tested on all browsers. Here is the Screenshot.
Very few people realize the power of css positioning. To set the map to occupy 100% height of it's parent container do following:
#map_canvas_container {position: relative;}
#map_canvas {position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0;}
If you have any non absolutely positioned elements inside #map_canvas_container they will set the height of it and the map will take the exact available space.
You have to set all parent containers to a 100% width if you want to cover the whole page with it. You have to set an absolute value at width and height for the #content div at the very least.
body, html {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
div#content {
width: 100%; height: 100%;
}
If you can't affect your parents elements (like in a nested components situation) you can use height: 100vh which will make it a full window (=view) height;