# Height of Main Content DIV

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/height-of-main-content-div/257398>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [April 13, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/height-of-main-content-div/257398 "2008-04-13T22:00:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pherank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/height-of-main-content-div/257398/1 "2008-04-13T22:00:44Z")

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I need to set the main content DIV to 490px height. But for some reason in Firefox and Safari the DIV adds about 20px to that height (and there’s not enough content to stretch the DIV). Does anyone see what’s wrong here?