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Eduardo Vargas
Eduardo Vargas
5,871 Points
Posted by Eduardo Vargas
Eduardo Vargas
5,871 Points

What was the purpose of declaring "max-width: 50% in the CSS when 50VW is being declared in the sizes?

What was the purpose of declaring "max-width: 50% in the CSS when 50VW is being declared in the sizes?

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi Eduardo.

Without seeing the context of the project you're working on this is a hard question to answer.

We'd need to consider which selector has the max-width applied to it and which has the viewport width applied. Both applies a maximum width relative to the viewport.