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Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points
Posted by Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points

Better resources to understand the rationale behind the width setting in responsive markup?

I understand that one needs to set width to percentage or to have a static value for the design to be responsive.

But is there a more detailed explanation for each value in each scenario? I got confused when to use 100%, 520px or 600 px.

1 Answer

DavidPaul sullivan
DavidPaul sullivan
17,377 Points
DavidPaul sullivan
DavidPaul sullivan
17,377 Points

I believe it's best practice to only use percentages when the element you are working with is a child of a table that has a width set to 600px max. Hope that makes sense.

Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points
Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points

Thanks David. Appreciate your answer.