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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Adjusting the Layout with Media Queries

Arikaturika Tumojenko
Arikaturika Tumojenko
8,897 Points
Posted by Arikaturika Tumojenko
Arikaturika Tumojenko
8,897 Points

I get a scroll bar at the bottom of the page after I add media queries for (max-width 768px).

After I add

@media (max-width: 768px) {

.primary-content, .secondary-content { width: 100%; padding: 20px; border: none; } }

the two columns do not shrink as I make the browser windows smaller, instead I get a scroll bar at the bottom of the page. I work along in Sublime and my spacework is not working so I can't compare codes. What am I doing wrong?

Marko Nestorovic
Marko Nestorovic
12,441 Points
Marko Nestorovic
Marko Nestorovic
12,441 Points

Could you please copy your code? Thank you.

1 Answer

Ben Schroeder
Ben Schroeder
22,818 Points
Ben Schroeder
Ben Schroeder
22,818 Points

In this code...

.primary-content, .secondary-content { width: 100%; padding: 20px; border: none; } }

... you're giving the elements a width of 100% and ADDING the padding to that 100%, so the total width of the element exceeds 100% of the viewport.

Try using box-sizing: border-box;.