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CSS CSS Layout Basics Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes Positioning Elements Side-By-Side with Inline Display

Seth Johnson
Seth Johnson
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Posted by Seth Johnson
Seth Johnson
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Question about the top & bottom padding of inline links.

Towards the end of the video Guil applies the padding (10px 15px) to the inline links in the .main-nav bar, and then proceeds to explain that the browser only really applies the padding to the left & right sides. Except that's not true, the clickable area of the links (on the sides as well as the top & bottom) DOES expand, which I thought was the desired effect; it just doesn't expand to include the links' white background color. So I guess my question is, is there any way to clarify what's happening here?

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John Lack-Wilson
John Lack-Wilson
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John Lack-Wilson
John Lack-Wilson
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That's interesting, I wasn't aware that was the case! I had a quick google and found this article to be quite helpful at explaining it.

Seth Johnson
Seth Johnson
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Seth Johnson
Seth Johnson
15,200 Points

Thanks for the article! I guess this is something I'll have to chalk up to "CSS does this because reason(s) unknown," at least to me at this time. But this is handy info either way.