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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Floats

Posted by vamosrope14
vamosrope14
14,932 Points

Does it matter if we know the size of the parent element container?

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1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

I think you typically use percentages because you don't know the size of the parent, but you want your element to maintain a size proportional to it. The parent size itself wil probably be relative to something else, perhaps the browser window.