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Direct link to the article Oh Hey, Padding Percentage is Based on the Parent Element’s Width
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Oh Hey, Padding Percentage is Based on the Parent Element’s Width

I learned something about percentage-based (%) padding today that I had totally wrong in my head! I always thought that percentage padding was based on the element itself. So if an element is 1,000 pixels wide with padding-top: 50%, …

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Chris Coyier on Nov 13, 2019
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Simple Little Use Case for `vmin`

Viewport units are things like 10vw (10% of the viewport width) or 2vh (2% of the viewport height). Useful sometimes, as they are always relative to the viewport. No cascading or influence by parent elements.

There is also vmin, which …

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Chris Coyier on Mar 9, 2017
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