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CSS

Posted by Amr Tag
Amr Tag
5,429 Points

What does the display property affect?

Hello, I have a question regarding display property about what element does it affect? The parent or the child elements?

Say I set

div {display: inline-block};

And I had some paragraphs inside that div, well they occupy one line? Or will that div allow other elements to occupy the line next to it but the paragraph elements will occupy a full line inside that div?

(If the question sounds a bit stupid, it's because I'm really a beginner at all this, but highly interested)

1 Answer

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

The display property affects the property it is applied to, so in your example the "div" will be inline-block but all child elements will behave as default and not inherit the "div" display property.