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CSS

Posted by Daniele Manca
Daniele Manca
10,986 Points

Input width: 0 not being applied

Hi folks,

I need to animate an input field with an on click event and I am setting the default width of the input element to 0, so that when I toggle the active class to show it the width will be what I need it to be, however when I set the width to 0 the input is actually 15px wide, why does this happen?

Would be great if someone could help,

Thanks.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
242,191 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
242,191 Points

Without seeing your code it's just a guess, but do you also have padding applied to the element?

If that's not it, try sharing your code, or even better, make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here.

Ryan Field
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Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points
Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

In addition to padding, as Steven mentioned above, the input also might have a default border on it, which would add to the width.