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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Width and Height Properties

Daniela Agnoletti
Daniela Agnoletti
8,687 Points
Posted by Daniela Agnoletti
Daniela Agnoletti
8,687 Points

Header height

How come when Guil adjusted the header height it added the space at the bottom of the content? Why didn't they add the space to the top or evenly around? Around 2:15 of the video.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

The term "height" might be misleading. Perhaps it would help to think of it as "length" (though you can't use that word to make the setting). So this setting is just a generic increase in the vertical dimension. And since elements are rendered from top to bottom, the extra space shows up at the bottom.

That's just a default, there are many ways to tell the system how you want the space used. so it could be at the top if you want. You'll be learning exactly how as you proceed through this course.