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CSS CSS Layout The CSS Box Model Introducing the Box Model

Posted by Maria Lucia Alvarez
Maria Lucia Alvarez
Courses Plus Student 479 Points

Boxes how and how to view them. Suggestion: Chrome extension "Pesticide for Chrome" https://chrome.google.com/webstore/

I use it to see how the boxes are set. Very useful for beginners and pros. Add it the "Inspect" mode and you are able to inside of a page.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

If anyone is reluctant to install a browser extension, you can get much the same effect just by setting the "outline" attribute in your CSS: I have done this frequently when working on layouts.

* { outline: 1px solid blue; }

You can make it even more similar to the extension if you give different colors to different element types.