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HTML How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Adjust the Profile Page and Header

Voyti 1
Voyti 1
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Posted by Voyti 1
Voyti 1
1,854 Points

What does width: 45%; property do?

Can anyone explain what "width: 45%" does in this case? I tried to change it to smaller and bigger values and it looks exactly the same.

2 Answers

Bassie Bangura
Bassie Bangura
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Bassie Bangura
Bassie Bangura
7,630 Points

A 45% width value means that, the element takes up 45% of the width of the entire width available to it's parent element. For example: If a parent element has a width of 100px and the child element has a width of 45%, that means the child element will have a width of 45px. Hope this helps.

Voyti 1
Voyti 1
1,854 Points
Voyti 1
Voyti 1
1,854 Points

That's what I was thinking, but navigation looks exactly the same when it's set to 20%, 45% or 90%?

Christian Blume
Christian Blume
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Christian Blume
Christian Blume
10,424 Points

Hello Wojti,

posting your HTML and CSS files would be a great help for us to look into the problem you're mentioning. If the property doesn't have any effect, then there might be something wrong with your code.