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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Display Modes Table Display

Posted by tian jin
tian jin
Courses Plus Student 5,162 Points

why when we set the .main-logo display as table cell, the height of the logo changed?

.main-nav,
.main-nav li {
    display: inline-block;
}
.main-logo,
.main-nav {
    display: table-cell;```
    vertical-align: middle;
}
tian jin
tian jin
Courses Plus Student 5,162 Points

it happens around 3:24 in the video

3 Answers

Pavlo Kochubei
Pavlo Kochubei
15,009 Points
Pavlo Kochubei
Pavlo Kochubei
15,009 Points

The same question here. After we have set the display value to table-cell, the .main-logo size seems to adjust with the size of the browser ( if we don't set a particular height for the .main-logo).

Why doesn't it happen to .main-nav elements?

Guil Hernandez, thank you!

Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points
Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points

It seems to me that it's height is adjusting to the min-height: 200px; but if this is the case, why doesn't the same happen with the main-nav list item containers?

Matteo Simeone
Matteo Simeone
13,587 Points
Matteo Simeone
Matteo Simeone
13,587 Points

I think this happens because the main-nav list items have an inline-block instead of table-cell value for the display attribute.