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CSS in Depth
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CSS in Depth

by Keith Grant
March 2018
Intermediate to advanced
472 pages
13h 5m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 3. Mastering the box model

This chapter covers

  • Practical advice for element sizing
  • Vertical centering
  • Columns of equal height
  • Negative margins and margin collapsing
  • Consistent spacing of components on the page

When it comes to laying out elements on the page, you’ll find a lot of things going on. On a complex site, you may have floats, absolutely positioned elements, and other elements of various sizes. You may also have some layouts using newer CSS constructs, such as a flexbox or a grid layout. You have a lot of things to keep track of, and learning everything involved with layout can be overwhelming.

We’ll spend several chapters taking a close look at several layout techniques. Before we get to those, it’s important to have a solid ...

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