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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Build Navigation with Unordered Lists

Posted by Otto Mejia
Otto Mejia
744 Points

Can somebody explain Inline and block elements?

I want to understand them. I heard in the lessons about them, but they introduced Inline-Block elements and they didn't quite explain that. What does an Inline-Block element do? Does it do both tasks?

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi Otto.

Further to Robert's post.... Block elements take up the entire width of its parent element, however inline elements only take up as much width as their content.

Robert Richey
PLUS
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points
Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Hi Otto,

Here is a good stackoverflow explanation.

Kind Regards