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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout box-sizing and max-width

Posted by tian jin
tian jin
Courses Plus Student 5,162 Points

<img> is inline element, why can you set it's margin-bottom value ?

img { max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 200px; }

tian jin
tian jin
Courses Plus Student 5,162 Points

as lessons before said, margins of top or bottom will not work for inline elements

1 Answer

Emma Willmann
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Emma Willmann
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Emma Willmann
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Emma Willmann
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If you look at the the information on img tags on W3c - img tag, it actually says that most broswers display the img as inline-block. This allows the margins to be changed.

tian jin
tian jin
Courses Plus Student 5,162 Points

Thanks Emma!