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CSS How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Build a Three Column Layout

andrea cecili
andrea cecili
769 Points
Posted by andrea cecili
andrea cecili
769 Points

Hey! Love your website! I don't undestand why we set the width to 50% of primary element and 40$ to the #secondary :)

Like the header!

1 Answer

John Alexander
John Alexander
2,617 Points
John Alexander
John Alexander
2,617 Points

The #wrapper selector from the main.css stylesheet has a padding property set to 0 5%. This means that 5% padding will be added to each side of the div element which contains both the section elements, thus leaving 90% remaining to use for the two section elements contained in the div element.