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4,114 Points.contact-info a {display: inline-block; } so I can apply height to the a element, but avoid the block element behaviour?
Is it ok to substitute "display: inline-block" so I can still apply height to the "a" element, but avoid the block element behaviour, allowing the active link area to remain wrapped around the icon + text?
Thanks
Mike
2 Answers
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsAbsolutely fine. :-)
Donnie Reese
17,211 PointsI don't see anything wrong with using "inline-block" on the anchor tag at all. There aren't many cases where it would break the behavior.
If you would show us the code you're working on, we might be able to help. I whipped this up to illustrate the difference for you:
display examples on codepen.io
Hope it helps!