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Hungry Monkey
2,200 Pointswhy do we set min height to 20px and then background size do 20px x 20px isnt it the same rule twice?
thx
Hungry Monkey
2,200 Pointsno idea what DOM is and what correlate means but thanks for trying
kevin anderson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 41,112 Pointsthe DOM is the Document Object Model and the element is the <p>, <h1> , <div>, html element the styling is applied to
Jordan Kaiser
5,438 PointsJordan Kaiser
5,438 PointsBackground -size doesn't directly correlate with the dimensions of the DOM element it is applied to.
The dimensions specified in background-size will not cause that element to grow to those dimensions.
That is why the min-height: 20px; is applied. To give the DOM element some height.