Fixed page header in Lightning Design System

Question

I'm using SLDS in a Lightning component, and I'm sure I've read somewhere that the page header can be made to stay fixed whilst the rest of the screen is vertically scrolled.

My page header looks like this:

<div class="slds-page-header">
    <p class="slds-text-heading--label">Contacts</p>
    <h1>My Contacts</h1>
</div>

Is there a class that I'm missing?

Answer 1

I don't think there is an SLDS class specifically that enables scrolling, however an easy way to enable this using standard CSS is to do the following:

<style>
    .scrollable {
        height: 400px; <!-- Don't need this if it's okay for height to be dynamic -->
        overflow-y:auto;
    }
</style>

<div class="slds-page-header">
    <p class="slds-text-heading--label">Contacts</p>
    <h1>My Contacts</h1>
</div>
<div class="scrollable">
    <!-- The rest of the page goes here -->
</div>

EDIT: As @techbusinessman wrote in a comment below, there is now a standard utility class for making a div scrollable. The documentation can be found here: https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/components/utilities/scrollable/#overview

The code would now be as follows:

<div class="slds-page-header">
    <p class="slds-text-heading--label">Contacts</p>
    <h1>My Contacts</h1>
</div>
<div class="slds-scrollable">
    <!-- The rest of the page goes here -->
</div>