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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Clearing Floats

Posted by Jake Almendarez
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Jake Almendarez
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,250 Points

in the quiz theres margin and the floated element moved up

theres a task on the quiz that ask you to float an element to the right just like the teacher did in the video but he said it didnt move up because of margin. in the quiz it moved up even though that had margin as well. im confused why one did and one didnt.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Just having a margin won't prevent a float from working, but it will if the total width of the item plus the margin makes it too wide. The point being made is that a margin is never included in a specified size and is always extra.

Jake Almendarez
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Jake Almendarez
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,250 Points

But in the quiz the element floated right on the margin. Is it because the width was small enough?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Can you show the specific code, or give a time index in the video where it is shown?