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Alex Pereira
1,166 PointsWhat is the difference between using max-width:, and width:?
I was just wondering what the difference is when using the two.
2 Answers
Emma Willmann
Treehouse Project ReviewerMax-width is very useful when setting the width to a percentage value, like 75%. Whatever you are sizing will always be 75% of its parent element unless it reaches the value of max-width.
This helps to make sure that if your page is opened on say a smart TV, the element won't take up 75% of it and be crazy huge. It's also great to use on an element contains paragraphs; this will help make sure the text does not to long on one line, which is harder to read.
Nicholas Olsen
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,342 Pointswidth: 1000px
will make the selected element 1000px no matter how big the screen size is.
max-width: 1000px
will make the selected element equal to the width of the screen, up to 1000px