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CSS

Posted by Paul Carter
Paul Carter
12,543 Points

Scalable images Task 1/2

Eep. I'm probably being really silly and missing this but to me it seems like the answer is '1.428571429%', the same percentage as the margin.

Is it the same formula for padding as for margin? 'target/context=result'? I don't recall the videos discussing padding differently to margin.

Thanks!

3 Answers

Amanda McNeal
Amanda McNeal
9,268 Points
Amanda McNeal
Amanda McNeal
9,268 Points

When setting flexible margin on an element, your context is the width of the element’s container. When setting flexible padding on an element, your context is the width of the element itself.

Maybe that helps?

Paul Carter
Paul Carter
12,543 Points
Paul Carter
Paul Carter
12,543 Points

Yes, that worked perfectly thank you! I must've missed that bit in the videos.

Cheers for your help.

Steven Strouble
Steven Strouble
4,128 Points
Steven Strouble
Steven Strouble
4,128 Points

Thanks. This threw me for a loop as well.