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CSS CSS Layout Basics Page Layout with the Float Property The Float Challenge Solution

Wayne Collier
Wayne Collier
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Posted by Wayne Collier
Wayne Collier
7,328 Points

Why does this work but not this?

Why does this work: .col { float: right; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; } .primary { width: 65%; } .secondary { width: 35%; }

But this doesn't: .primary col { float: right; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; width: 65%; }

.secondary col { float: right; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; width: 35%; }

1 Answer

Andrew Courey
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Andrew Courey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,310 Points

It doesn't work because 65% + 35% + 2em is more than 100%. Use the calc function and instead of 65% write calc(65% - 1em) and instead of 35% write calc(35% - 1em)

Hope this helps