HTML layout design - need better approach - javascript

I have to design a layout for my project. There are arrangements of divs, upper Div, lower Div, fixed height, scrolling etc. It is difficult to describe the problem in words, hence I have attached an image below. Please refer the screenshots.
What I want to achieve is to arrange panels with respect to the overall height of the browser window. Pink module is absolute positioned at the bottom of the parent Div. Upper Div is precious sibling of pink Div and it contains panels. when browser is resized scrollbars should not appear in UpperDiv. Instead panels should show scroll (show in second).
It can be done using HTML and CSS and not at all I am hesistant using javascript or jquery. I appreciate any of your approach in doing this. Many thanks.
Sorry I couldn't made HTML properly. Currently my html shows scroll in upperDiv (instead scroll should appear in panels). Here I have created a fiddle. Please check.
here

Made some changes to the CSS, hope this is kinda what you are looking for.
http://jsfiddle.net/vCVUL/embedded/result/
Regards.

You could use ExtJS for this. Have look at the demo page. There you find "Layout Managers" how will do the job for you.

I can't think of a much better way than, after page load, setting the dynamic section's height.
And to handle the resize, we can just bind the same function with JQuery.
http://jsfiddle.net/N3HWz/7/

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Romove position:absolute from div.box
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How do I create a div in html which is absolutely positioned, which will push other elements to the side like in Apple's Pages?

How do I create a div which will act like a relatively positioned div (as in it cannot allow elements behind it) and still will also act like an absolutely positioned div (as in it can freely be positioned)? I am willing to use javascript and jQuery if needed.
Example: or a similar effect
I don't think you can do what you're asking for in the way you're asking for it. You should be able to fake it adequately though.
Say you wanted to "insert" a sidebar that pushes all the main content on a page over by 200 pixels (the width of the sidebar). You could increase the left margin of the page/container by 200px (animate it if you wanna be flashy) and then absolutely position your div where you want it (you could animate it sliding in from off screen if you want it to appear as if it is "pushing" the other content over). If I understood the question correctly, then this should accomplish the visual effect you're going for.
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http://jqueryui.com/demos/draggable/

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I've searched high and low for a tutorial but I can't find one.
It is really a simple task that I see in lots of websites.
Pretty much like I have a menu, with a set width, and if my link is extra long, I want the overflow to be hidden, and when the user mouseovers the link, it will marquee the rest of the text.
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http://jsfiddle.net/bryanjamesross/vsQFE/4/
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edited: fixed an animation bug, and made a the code a bit easier to follow
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