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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Styling the "Wildlife" div with Background Properties

Anna Takang Nchongarrey-Oben
Anna Takang Nchongarrey-Oben
7,365 Points
Posted by Anna Takang Nchongarrey-Oben
Anna Takang Nchongarrey-Oben
7,365 Points

give .wildlife the property and value that forces any padding and border widths into its total width and height.

I do not understand the question

Jacques Kleynhans
Jacques Kleynhans
Courses Plus Student 4,225 Points

This same issue came up before, have a look at this post it will clear things up for you :)

3 Answers

vanessadilg
vanessadilg
12,577 Points
vanessadilg
vanessadilg
12,577 Points

You need to use the box-sizing property.

.wildlife {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
Mike West
Mike West
9,163 Points

Thanks this answered helped

Shaun Moore
Shaun Moore
6,301 Points
Shaun Moore
Shaun Moore
6,301 Points

Try this:

            box-sizing:border-box;
            ```

Hope this helped!
-Shaun Moore
Robert Andrade
Robert Andrade
7,554 Points
Robert Andrade
Robert Andrade
7,554 Points

You may want to try the following: *{box-sizing: border-box;} Usually up at the top of your style sheet