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CSS

Posted by Steven Feeney
Steven Feeney
714 Points

Alpha + Omaga Classes

For some reason this is just not sinking in.

Does the Omega Class exist to ensure that nothing floats to the other side alongside the elements you have placed on your site?

So the Alpha bumps the Element to where you want it and the Omega ensures that another Element such as ELEMENT_2 below does not float up and alongside ELEMENT_1.

<ALPHA><ELEMENT_1><OMEGA>

<ELEMENT_2>

Is this about right?

1 Answer

Andy Brown
Andy Brown
6,310 Points

In boilerplates like Twitter Bootstrap, the alpha and omega class alter the left and right margin (respectively) of the element. Most grid systems have a "gutter", or margin to either side of an element, but this causes issues on the first and last div. So the alpha and omega classes correct this issue.