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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Em Units

Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points
Posted by Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points

Using em

Which parent element will the P element below be relative to in this case ?

<div> 
 <h1>This is the first element</h1>
<h2>This is the second element</h2>
<p> This is the third element</p>
</div>

body {
 font-size: 2em;
}

h1 {
 font-size: 1.625em;
}

h2 {
 font-size: 1.25em;
}

p {
 font-size: 1em;
}
Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

The p element is a child of the div and a sibling of the h2 and h1

Ashley Georges Souffrant
Ashley Georges Souffrant
2,828 Points
Ashley Georges Souffrant
Ashley Georges Souffrant
2,828 Points

The parent element in this case would be the <div> element or tag therefore relative. The <h1> and <h2> tags are child elements just as <p>. This includes 1 parent element <div> and 3 children elements <h1>, <h2> and <p>. Hope this helps !

Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points
Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points

Ashley Georges Souffrant Very Helpful! However, you might want to consider changing your comment to an answer. Thumbs up to Kristian and Steven too. You guys are amazing!

1 Answer

steven swensen
steven swensen
7,926 Points
steven swensen
steven swensen
7,926 Points

you can use rem which ties it to the root.