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CSS

Posted by sandygomez
sandygomez
2,498 Points

border-box: box-sizing

I have my whole page set to border-box: box-sizing. My page is fluid based on percentages. 2 column layout floated Left with main-content set to 66.66% and side bar to 33.33%. Why is it when I add padding to make columns have readable space between them does the sidebar content get pushed to the wrap to bottom. I have box-sizing set, so why is this occuring? http://codepen.io/sandyngomez/pen/rVRZqE/?editors=110

4 Answers

Christian Higgins
Christian Higgins
15,758 Points

It's the opposite. It's box-sizing: border box;

Your body is set to border-box but what about the two columns? I believe the columns must both have a border-box as well. They do not inherit the box sizing attribute from the parent element.

Jonathan Pyper
Jonathan Pyper
354 Points
Jonathan Pyper
Jonathan Pyper
354 Points

Hey sandy, you still need to add prefixes as far as i am aware:

*{ -webkit-box-sizing:border-box; -moz-box-sizing:border-box; box-sizing:border-box; }

sandygomez
sandygomez
2,498 Points
sandygomez
sandygomez
2,498 Points

Thanks so much I changed to correct code and it did the trick;

Jonathan Pyper
Jonathan Pyper
354 Points
Jonathan Pyper
Jonathan Pyper
354 Points

Also Sandy you nav is wrong:

<li><a href="">Home</li></a>

should be:

<li><a href="">Home</a></li>