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Stephen Chamroeun
7,095 PointsWill an element take on the CSS styling of another element if it's nested within it in the HTML file?
Example, I am doing the CSS basics course ( I've done it a few times so I can apply the basics differently on my end to get a better feel for CSS ), and the DIV element is nested within another DIV element which is styled so that it only takes up 60% width of the page. That means the DIV element nested will also inherit its' parent's styling, correct?
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Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsYes, and no. The child elements do not inherit the styling of their parents, unless the css rule targets the children elements.
From the sounds of it, the parent div is targeted to have a width of 60%, and the child div is as wide as it's parent. What's happening is divs are block level elements, which means that the child div is being constrained in size by the parent.
If you gave the parent div a width of 60%, and a child div a width of 60%, the parent div will be 60% as you'd expect, but the child div would be 60% of the parent div. Which you can see here: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/PJwoWj
Side note: In this example, the parent div is actually a child itself, of the body element, which is also a child of the html element.
Stephen Chamroeun
7,095 PointsThis makes a lot more sense as I continue to learn more about CSS. I had to give your statement a few reads before I had some better understanding. Thank you so much for this response. I appreciate it.