(Coda) Slider not filling 100% of browser window

Question

css

/*
    jQuery Coda-Slider v2.0 - http://www.ndoherty.biz/coda-slider
    Copyright (c) 2009 Niall Doherty
    This plugin available for use in all personal or commercial projects under both MIT and GPL licenses.
*/

/* Insignificant stuff, for demo purposes */

    body { padding: 20px }
    .panel h2.title { margin-bottom: 10px }
    noscript div { background: #ccc; border: 1px solid #fff; margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px }

/* Most common stuff you'll need to change */

    .coda-slider-wrapper { padding: 20px 0 }
    .coda-slider {}

    /* Use this to keep the slider content contained in a box even when JavaScript is disabled */
    .coda-slider-no-js .coda-slider { height: 100%; overflow: auto !important; padding-right: 20px }

    /* Change the width of the entire slider (without dynamic arrows) */
    .coda-slider, .coda-slider .panel { width: 100% } 

    /* Change margin and width of the slider (with dynamic arrows) */
    .coda-slider-wrapper.arrows .coda-slider, .coda-slider-wrapper.arrows .coda-slider .panel { width: 100% }
    .coda-slider-wrapper.arrows .coda-slider { margin: 0 10px }

    /* Arrow styling */
    .coda-nav-left a, .coda-nav-right a { background: #000; color: #fff; padding: 5px; width: 100px }

    /* Tab nav */
    .coda-nav ul li a.current { background: #39c }

    /* Panel padding */
    .coda-slider .panel-wrapper { padding: 20px }

    /* Preloader */
    .coda-slider p.loading { padding: 100px; text-align: center }

/* Don't change anything below here unless you know what you're doing */

    /* Tabbed nav */
    .coda-nav ul { clear: both; display: block; margin: auto; overflow: hidden }
    .coda-nav ul li { display: inline }
    .coda-nav ul li a { background: #000; color: #fff; display: block; float: left; margin-right: 1px; padding: 3px 6px; text-decoration: none }

    /* Miscellaneous */
    .coda-slider-wrapper { clear: both; overflow: auto }
    .coda-slider { float: left; overflow: hidden; position: relative }
    .coda-slider .panel { display: block; float: left }
    .coda-slider .panel-container { position: relative }
    .coda-nav-left, .coda-nav-right { float: left }
    .coda-nav-left a, .coda-nav-right a { display: block; text-align: center; text-decoration: none }

and the html

<div>
            <p>Unfortunately your browser does not hava JavaScript capabilities which are required to exploit full functionality of our site. This could be the result of two possible scenarios:</p>
            <ol>
                <li>You are using an old web browser, in which case you should upgrade it to a newer version. We recommend the latest version of <a href="http://www.getfirefox.com">Firefox</a>.</li>
                <li>You have disabled JavaScript in you browser, in which case you will have to enable it to properly use our site. <a href="http://www.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=23852">Learn how to enable JavaScript</a>.</li>
            </ol>
        </div>
    </noscript>

    <div class="coda-slider-wrapper">
        <div class="coda-slider preload" id="coda-slider-1">
            <div class="panel">
                <div class="panel-wrapper">
                    <h2 class="title">Panel 1</h2>
                    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Maecenas metus nulla, commodo a sodales sed, dignissim pretium nunc. Nam et lacus neque. Sed volutpat ante id mauris laoreet vestibulum. Nam blandit felis non neque cursus aliquet. Morbi vel enim dignissim massa dignissim commodo vitae quis tellus. Nunc non mollis nulla. Sed consectetur elit id mi consectetur bibendum. Ut enim massa, sodales tempor convallis et, iaculis ac massa. Etiam suscipit nisl eget lorem pellentesque quis iaculis mi mattis. Aliquam sit amet purus lectus. Maecenas tempor ornare sollicitudin.</p>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="panel">
                <div class="panel-wrapper">
                    <h2 class="title">Panel 2</h2>
                    <p>Proin nec turpis eget dolor dictum lacinia. Nullam nunc magna, tincidunt eu porta in, faucibus sed magna. Suspendisse laoreet ornare ullamcorper. Nulla in tortor nibh. Pellentesque sed est vitae odio vestibulum aliquet in nec leo.</p>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="panel">
                <div class="panel-wrapper">
                    <h2 class="title">Panel 3</h2>
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                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="panel">
                <div class="panel-wrapper">
                    <h2 class="title">Panel 4</h2>
                    <p>Nulla ultricies ornare erat, a rutrum lacus varius nec. Pellentesque vehicula lobortis dignissim. Ut scelerisque auctor eros sed porttitor. Nullam pulvinar ultrices malesuada. Quisque lobortis bibendum nisi et condimentum. Mauris quis erat vel dui lobortis dignissim.</p>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div><!-- .coda-slider -->
    </div><!-- .coda-slider-wrapper -->

When I insert percentage widths, like:

.coda-slider-no-js .coda-slider { height: 100%; overflow: auto !important; padding-right: 20px }

    /* Change the width of the entire slider (without dynamic arrows) */
    .coda-slider, .coda-slider .panel { width: 100% } 

    /* Change margin and width of the slider (with dynamic arrows) */
    .coda-slider-wrapper.arrows .coda-slider, .coda-slider-wrapper.arrows .coda-slider .panel { width: 100% }

in an attempt to get the slider to fill 100% browser width and 100% browser height, The slider itself fills the browser window, but instead of each <div class="panel"> representing another page of the slider, the divs all display on the first page of the sider, one above the other, and their content trails off into the second and third pages of the slider. Like this:

Can someone please help me to get each div content to display properly in its window of the slider while letting the slider fill 100% width and 100% browser height? Thanks

Answer 1

If you look in the Javascript (jquery.coda-slider-2.0.js), panelWidth is set in line 53:

var panelWidth = slider.find(".panel").width();

then used to calculate various settings. Because these calculations expect an integer, they won't work with a percentage. This issue (and people's attempts to fix it) can be seen on Niall Doherty's forum.

However, the tutorial Build a Content Slider with jQuery allows for percentage widths, and just might do what you want...