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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Build Navigation with Unordered Lists

Bert Coppens
Bert Coppens
5,609 Points
Posted by Bert Coppens
Bert Coppens
5,609 Points

why do we use for the footer clear both and for the header width 100%?

For the footer we made sure that it came clearly under the section by using "clear: both;" in our css file. Why don´t we apply "clear: both;" also for the heasder so it stays above the rest instead of saying "width: 100%", is there a real difference?

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Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
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Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Bert,

The clear property is designed for elements that proceed other elements therefore it wouldn't work on the header since it's the first element in our page layout which is the reasoning behind using 100% instead as that will ensure the header remains at the width of it's parent container no matter what.

In the case of the footer we use clear to ensure it doesn't wrap unexpectedly if an element preceding it has an float property assigned to it.

Hope that helps.

Bert Coppens
Bert Coppens
5,609 Points
Bert Coppens
Bert Coppens
5,609 Points

Hi Chris,

Thanks for explaining!