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CSS Sass Basics Write Smart and Efficient CSS with Sass Create a Function for Flexbox Layout

Posted by vamosrope14
vamosrope14
14,932 Points

What did he mean when he said margins are not accounted for when calculating flex basis?

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1 Answer

Harley Urquhart
Harley Urquhart
26,203 Points

Margins are outside the box model and are not part of the base size of the object you can read more here https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Introduction_to_CSS/Box_model