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1,486 Pointsparent element
What does it mean by making images fill a parent element?
a {
text-decoration: none;
}
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#logo {
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
}
h1, h2 {
color: #fff;
}
nav a {
color: #fff;
}
nav a:hover {
color: #32673f;
}
h1 {
font-family: Changa One, sans-serif;
font-size: 1.75em;
font-weight: normal;
}
img {
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsThey mean "fill, but not go outside...". So they want you to establish a maximum width that won't exceed the enclosing element. Sizes expressed in percentages are always relative to the size of the parent element.
You don't need to worry about height, if left unset, it will follow the width to maintain perspective.
Oleg Polyakov
30,453 PointsLet's say:
<div>
<img>
</div>
If I set the div's width to 300px and the image's width to 100%, the image will be no more than 300px, i.e it will 'fill' the parent element.
Alex Erickson
5,665 PointsAlex Erickson
5,665 PointsThe parent element is whatever contains the image. So if you have something like a <header></header> with an <img src='' ''> in between, then that image is inside the header. The img height and width of 100% makes it fill the parent element.