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Exploring the Complexities of Width and Height in CSS

The following article is co-authored by Uri Shaked and Michal Porag.

Let’s explore the complexities of how CSS computes the width and height dimensions of elements. This is based on countless late-night hours debugging and fiddling with lots of …

Uri Shaked on Feb 5, 2021 (Updated on Mar 1, 2021)

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Measuring Image Widths in JavaScript (Carefully!)

Let’s say you want to find an <img /> on the page and find out how wide it is in JavaScript. Maybe you need to make some choices based on that width (or height, or both) You can definitely do …

Chris Coyier on Mar 15, 2017

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The width property in CSS specifies the width of the element’s content area. This “content” area is the portion inside the padding, border, and margin of an element (the box model).

.wrap { 
  width: 80%;
}

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Sara Cope on Sep 6, 2011 (Updated on Mar 3, 2021)