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Andrew Zhao
3,267 PointsIn CSS, is padding considered to be part of the width of an element?
For example, let's say I have the following rule:
div#element {
width:400px;
padding: 0 20px;
}
Will this produce a div that is 400px and constricts the inner contents by 20px on the left side and 20px on the right side?
OR
Will this produce a 440px div?
2 Answers
Alex Heil
53,547 Pointshey Andrew Zhao ,
by default padding adds the additional units to the element. so from your example the width of 400px with the 20px padding on both sides would end up in a 440px element.
however there's a nice thing that can change this behaviour by changing the box-model to border-box. with this when you tell an element to be 400px and then add padding it will stay at 400px and the padding will be auto-calculated (substracted) from it. to use it you write it like this:
box-sizing: border-box;
hope that helps and have a nice day ;)
Andrew Zhao
3,267 PointsHey there Alex,
Thank you for your accurate, thoroughly helpful, and very kindly answer.
:)
Regards, AZ
Alex Heil
53,547 Pointsyou're welcome andrew, great to hear this helped you out ;)