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CSS CSS Layout Basics Page Layout with the Float Property The Float Challenge Solution

Posted by Ming Chi Wong
Ming Chi Wong
2,909 Points

For the float challenge whats the difference between adding floats when you add a customer class to primary col and col?

When I add a float:left or right to custom class primary there are changes being made, however when i add float left or right to primary col or secondary col no changes happen. Why is that?

Also why are custom classes being split up between primary and col?

1 Answer

Andre Johnson
Andre Johnson
4,148 Points
Andre Johnson
Andre Johnson
4,148 Points

that's because when you say .primary {float:left;} your talking to the class primary, but when you say primary col {float:left;} the computer doesn't know which class you need to float, because you can have multiple class's in one element at the same time. Also primary and col aren't split up they are just two different targets/class names, remember that a class can be shard be multiple elements at the same time, that way you can target more than one element at once