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CSS CSS Transitions and Transforms Adding 3D Effects with CSS Activate 3D Space with perspective

Saqib Ali
Saqib Ali
3,686 Points
Posted by Saqib Ali
Saqib Ali
3,686 Points

.content why does this div class exist within this page?

Within the index.html file the div class is present with an attribute of clearfix, I think understand why the clearfix, it's there so that the picture are separated from the header.

But is there any other reason why this is the parent div class of this section?

<div class="content clearfix">

            <div class="photo-container">
                <div class="photo">
                  <img class="side-a" src="img/photos/1.jpg" alt="Dazzling Auroras over Earth"> 
                  <div class="photo-desc side-b">
                      <h3>Dazzling Auroras</h3>
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                        <a href="#" class="button">download</a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>  

            <div class="photo-container">
                <div class="photo">
                  <img class="side-a" src="img/photos/2.jpg" alt="International Space Station"> 
                  <div class="photo-desc side-b">
                      <h3>The Space Station</h3>
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                        <a href="#" class="button">download</a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>  

            <div class="photo-container">
                <div class="photo">
                  <img class="side-a" src="img/photos/3.jpg" alt="Planet Earth">    
                  <div class="photo-desc side-b">
                      <h3>Planet Earth</h3>
                      <p>Aenean lacinia bibendum nulla sed consectetur. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo.</p>
                        <a href="#" class="button">download</a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>  

        </div>

2 Answers

Pirvan Marian
Pirvan Marian
14,609 Points

That div is like a wapper for other HTML elements, I bet that the child elements of that div are like 3 columns ( all the divs with the class .photo-container ), so, when you have similar situations, put your columns inside a wrapper.The clearfix class is used to clear the floats because those 3 columns are floated.

Gari Merrifield
Gari Merrifield
9,598 Points
Gari Merrifield
Gari Merrifield
9,598 Points

From caniuse.com's 3D Tranforms page : "The perspective property doesn't work on the body element in Firefox, it must be used on an inner element."

So from that, it sounds like a wrapper div is a requirement.