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Posted by Frank Wang
Frank Wang
746 Points

Incorrect challenge

This challenge requires me to convert the padding of the cake class from pixels to percentages. It incorrectly requires me to calculate this percentage using the cake class' width instead of its parent's (.icing) width. Is the challenge wrong or am I confused?

2 Answers

David Jobe
David Jobe
18,617 Points
David Jobe
David Jobe
18,617 Points

Can you post the code please?

Frank Wang
Frank Wang
746 Points
Frank Wang
Frank Wang
746 Points 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <style>

            /* When setting ?exible margin on an element, your context is the width of the element’s container.
            When setting ?exible padding on an element, your context is the width of the element itself. */

            p {
                margin: 0;
            }
            body {
                color: #fff;
            }
            .container, .icing, .cake, .filling {
                box-sizing:border-box;
                -moz-box-sizing:border-box; /* Firefox */
                -webkit-box-sizing:border-box; /* Safari */
            }
            .container {
                max-width: 700px;
            }
            .icing {
                background-color: #B4C34F;
                width: 100%; /*700px*/
        padding: 10px;
            }
            .cake {
                background-color: #f8748f;
                width: 85.714285714%; /*600px*/
        margin: 1.428571429%;
        padding: 10px;
            }
            .filling {
                background-color: #4FB69F;
                width: 83.33333333%; /*500px*/ 
        margin: 1.6666666666%;
        padding: 10px;
            }

        </style>        
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="container" id="container">
        <div class="icing">
            <p>Icing</p>
            <div class="cake">
                <p>Cake</p>
                <div class="filling">
                    <p>Filling</p>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

While the code specifies that ``` /* When setting ?exible margin on an element, your context is the width of the element’s container. When setting ?exible padding on an element, your context is the width of the element itself. */ 

However, [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/padding) specifies that a percentage value for padding is with respect to the *containing block*.