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Posted by hakan Gülay
hakan Gülay
8,489 Points

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I couldnt understand ther code which is in video at 3.10. in nav element we used float:right and text-align:right what are difference between them ? and width:45% what it does ? i just tried to understand and ı used width:5% and ı couldnt see different betweent 45 and 5. can u please explain ?

1 Answer

Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points
Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points 
float:right;

"floats" the element it is attached to over to the right side of the page (or of its parent element)

text-align:right;

shifts the text to the right side of its parent element

width:45%;

should make whatever element you are working on have a width that is 45% of its parent element. If it looks the same as 5% there is probably an error in the code or its parent does not have a declared width.

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