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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Floats

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

margin for resorts div??

after he floats the tips div to the right he mentions the margin for the resort div. how does it have margin if we never set a margin for it?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

He says "resorts div", but if you look at what is being done in the dev tools, it is the secondary-content div that is being selected and its margin being highlighted. The secondary-content has a margin setting of "auto" applied in the CSS.

ryu matsu
ryu matsu
9,394 Points
ryu matsu
ryu matsu
9,394 Points

Have the same question here... I think what's happening is, when he styles the resorts div with width: 46.5%, the width property only applies to the content, padding and border of the styled element. Because divs are a block-level elements by default, it's making up for the remaining space with the margin that we can see on the right?