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CSS CSS Foundations Values and Units Numeric and Textual Data Types

Posted by Cecil Quist
Cecil Quist
2,851 Points

PXs and EMs

Why are we using the pixels and ems interchangeably on this page? ...as in

iv { width: 700px; padding: 2em; margin: auto;

}

thanks.

2 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

That's because when using the formula target / context = result with padding the context is the width of the element itself, in this case 700.

Cecil Quist
Cecil Quist
2,851 Points
Cecil Quist
Cecil Quist
2,851 Points

thanks James