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CSS CSS Layout CSS Layout Techniques Display

Cesar Espinoza
Cesar Espinoza
1,145 Points
Posted by Cesar Espinoza
Cesar Espinoza
1,145 Points

how do you change the width of each element when using "display: inline;"?

style.css 
.more {
  display: none;
}

.nav-btn {
  display: inline;
  : 120px;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>CSS Layout</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="container">
    <header>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li class="nav-btn"><a href="#">Donuts</a></li>
                  <li class="nav-btn"><a href="#">Tea</a></li>
                  <li class="nav-btn"><a href="#">Coffee</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <main>
      <article>
        <h1>Donuts</h1>
        <p>Donuts are sweet snacks usually deep fried from a flour dough. The best place to buy donuts is at a bakery or specialty donut shop. Donuts go great with coffee.</p>
        <a href="#">Read more</a>
        <p class="more">In this paragraph, you’ll learn lots more interesting facts about donuts. For example, did you know that the largest donut ever made was a jelly donut weighing more than one and a half tons? It measured 16 feet in diameter and 16 inches high in the center.</p>
      </article>
    </main>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Angela J.
Angela J.
11,715 Points
Angela J.
Angela J.
11,715 Points

Inline elements aren't affected by height and width properties. If you want to change the height or width, you'll need to use inline-block. More information here: https://www.samanthaming.com/pictorials/css-inline-vs-inlineblock-vs-block/.