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CSS Unused CSS Stages Media Queries Adaptive Layouts with Media Queries

Brenda Krafft
Brenda Krafft
18,036 Points
Posted by Brenda Krafft
Brenda Krafft
18,036 Points

Long percentages in adaptive Media Queries

OK, I get that you want to be as detailed as possible with this, but how do you come up with these long percentage values? What's the math behind that?

2 Answers

Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points

Target ÷ Context = Result. So for example, if you wanted to convert a margin of 21px into a percentage. Lets say the margin is on a div inside the body element which has a max-width of 960px. So the math would be: 21 ÷ 960 = 0.021875. Then you convert that into a percentage by moving the decimal point two places to the right. So your percentage would be 2.1875%. Some combinations of target and context will produce those really long decimals that you see in the code challenge.

Brenda Krafft
Brenda Krafft
18,036 Points
Brenda Krafft
Brenda Krafft
18,036 Points

Excellent! Thank you; that makes total sense now.