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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors The attr() CSS Function

Zachary Danz
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What's the purpose of setting the display to inline-block?

I removed this element and it looked and functioned the same. Timestamp 1:42

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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A common reason for setting a pseudo-element to "inline-block" is to allow vertical margins or padding to work.

But, as you noticed, since neither is used here there's no obvious advantage with the current settings.

I noticed that setting is not used in the "Quick Reference" example shown in the "Teacher's Notes" section.