Monday, October 24, 2011

Formatting

The Box Model
  • Interpreting the size of the object
  • content < padding < boarder < margin

Centering on the page
  • Viewport = browser, what you view.
Block vs. in-line elements
  • Different types of elements
  • Block fills up the space to the right, has a new line before and after.
  • Block examples: h2, p, div
  • In-line examples: links, section
  • "Child" elements - everything is always in context of its parents
  • margin: 0px auto; --> makes the distance from the edge of the viewer on the sides to the start of the content the same no matter how small or large your window
  • absolute positioning: absolute within container
  • relative positioning: things within it move position to it.

In-line only takes up as much space as it takes to fill the content.

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