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Logan Smithee
Courses Plus Student 1,894 Pointshelp with width, height, overflow properties challenge,
I am stuck on task three of the box model challenge "width, height, and overflow" I do not know how to make the box-sizing to work. I can't get it to resize the box to a width of 400. Would anyone care to help me?
5 Answers
Steven Litton
13,520 PointsIf you add this line - box-sizing:border-box;
then add the amount of padding you need to apply.
Now the padding will be applied to the inside of the div and not the outside so the width will stay at 400px.
Hope that makes sense.
Logan Smithee
Courses Plus Student 1,894 Pointswhat am i doing wrong on task 3...here is what i have. .main div { width: 400px; padding: 20px; border: 2px solid; box-sizing: border-box; }
Logan Smithee
Courses Plus Student 1,894 Pointsthanks for all the help steve, sorry just a bit slow to learn this.
Steven Litton
13,520 PointsCheck how you have factored your CSS selector, you will soon work it out.
Logan Smithee
Courses Plus Student 1,894 Pointsthanks for helping me arrive at the answer, i figured it out like 3 days ago. Good man!