Reply To: [Solved] CSS Best Practice: max-width on html/body elements

[Paulie_D]

wasting a CSS rule on #wrapper, you just style the tags through CSS.

What the difference between a CSS rule for a wrapper and for the body.

Nothing…except that ‘body’ is shorter than ‘wrapper’.

By using a wrapper I then have access to using multiple backgrounds on my html and body and wrapper if I so choose.

Also, I can choose to have an element outside my wrapper such a full width header or footer or any other full width item I might want.

You can’t do that if your body isn’t full width.

I suspect in the long run it’s a matter of choice but one ‘extra’ div has never been that much of a hassle to me.