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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Color in CSS

Posted by Jeyhun Guliyev
Jeyhun Guliyev
Courses Plus Student 490 Points

why my page gets messed up?

why my page gets messed up when I zoom in and out the page? 1st div goes to the right and second to the left?

Kamran Ismayilov
Kamran Ismayilov
5,753 Points
Kamran Ismayilov
Kamran Ismayilov
5,753 Points

Hi, I need to see your code if you want to get help)

Jeyhun Guliyev
Jeyhun Guliyev
Courses Plus Student 490 Points

@Kamran, what about theory, in theory why this happens? you zoom in/out everything get spread around and messy

3 Answers

Lee Ravenberg
Lee Ravenberg
10,018 Points
Lee Ravenberg
Lee Ravenberg
10,018 Points

When you zoom in, and out with your browser, the position relative positioned elements may differ. If you have an example of your code we may be able to verify.

Jeyhun Guliyev
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Jeyhun Guliyev
Courses Plus Student 490 Points
Jeyhun Guliyev
Jeyhun Guliyev
Courses Plus Student 490 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Welcome</title>

<style> body { background: grey; }

logos {

width: 1100px;
height: 500px;
margin: 0 auto;

}

list {

width: 150px;
height: 150px;
position:absolute;
top: 100px;
margin: 25px;

} </style>

</head>

<body>

<div id="logos"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/World_location_map.svg/1100px-World_location_map.svg.png"/></div>

<div class="country">
    <div id="list">
            <a href="#"><img src="http://grupo-colibri.com/eng/images/usa_american_united_states_us_flag3.png" /></a>
            <a href="#"><img src="http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/gasmaskandrespirator/images/2/2b/Poland_polish_flag-1-.png/revision/latest?cb=20140819213154"/></a>
    </div>
</div>

</body>

</html>

Lee Ravenberg
Lee Ravenberg
10,018 Points
Lee Ravenberg
Lee Ravenberg
10,018 Points

Thanks for posting your code, I have made a file to reproduce this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>something</title>
    <style>
        body { background: grey; }
        #list {
                width: 150px;
                height: 150px;
                position:absolute;
                top: 100px;
                margin: 25px;
           }
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>
            <div class="country">
                <div id="list">
                    <a href="#"><img src="http://grupo-colibri.com/eng/images/usa_american_united_states_us_flag3.png" /> </a>
                    <a href="#"><img src="http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/gasmaskandrespirator/images/2/2b/Poland_polish_flag-1-.png/revision/latest?cb=20140819213154"/></a>
                </div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

However, when I zoom in and out with my browser, the flags stay aligned vertically. I dont see the problem.

Jeyhun Guliyev
Jeyhun Guliyev
Courses Plus Student 490 Points

Thanks mate. However, why they basically go to different sides, i mean sometimes divs, images, texts do not remain in the center. This is because I use position: relative or absolute?