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CSS

Posted by Yassin Mzaik
Yassin Mzaik
Courses Plus Student 7,454 Points

What's the point in adding display:block;

since we're styling <a> inside a <li> tag which is a block element by default.

what did we achieve here ?

1 Answer

Andrew Booth
Andrew Booth
1,578 Points
Andrew Booth
Andrew Booth
1,578 Points

Sometimes explicitly telling the browser to execute a command, i.e. display: block; can sometimes be necessary, as due to CSS's cascading nature sometimes things can get a bit messy. It may feel a bit unnecessary, but trust me, sometimes it can come in handy when you give specifics on what the browser must follow when reading your code.