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Alexander Kapriniotis
25,897 PointsReason of nesting
Hi, i was wondering what do we achieve by nesting rows inside columns instead of creating two columns at the first place
3 Answers
Ryan Mayo
23,604 PointsI think in this situation it is because he wanted the nested row (the img and the descriptive text(get access...)) to hang off of the column above it (learn how to...). This keeps the nested row lined up neat and also lets it float (vertically) under the column that it is nesting from.
you could do it with un-nested rows but you'd have to make it two different sets of rows (1 row of 2 columns over 1 row of four), and then when you re-size the window your information will be all out of order.
Lonnie Wibberding
18,318 PointsYou can use columns to layout a page. Say you want two-thirds of the page for your main content and the other third for a sidebar. Usually in layout these two columns have different information, so it begins to make sense to layout your columns first, then rows and other formatting and content inside. Usually one wouldn't start with rows.
I hope this makes sense :-)
Alexander Kapriniotis
25,897 PointsSo because the grid system limits us to 12 we create a nested row to expand it with more columns?