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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Building a Layout with Flexbox Creating a Sticky Footer with Flexbox

Posted by jlampstack
jlampstack
23,932 Points

Is using flex-grow better than using margin-top: auto for this exercise?

When I play around with the code it works also by applying margin-top: auto; to the main-footer. I'm just wondering if there are any downsides to using margin-top: auto; ?

Is there a preferred way, or are there numerous ways to create a sticky footer?

1 Answer

Christopher Debove
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Christopher Debove
Courses Plus Student 18,373 Points
Christopher Debove
Christopher Debove
Courses Plus Student 18,373 Points

There's different ways to create a sticky footer. In this example is by making the main content grow vertically to make the footer stick to the bottom.

But like you did it, by setting a margin-top: auto to your footer is more semantic, because you're really sticking your footer to the bottom.

Try adding a background to the .row element to see the differences between the 2 solutions.

Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson
Courses Plus Student 6,191 Points
Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson
Courses Plus Student 6,191 Points

Wow. I was wondering the same thing, because when margin-top blew my mind, I was thinking I was going to use it everywhere I could.

Your suggestion to check the difference between the two solutions through using a background was genius and eye opening. Thank you.