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CSS

Stefanie Pereira
Stefanie Pereira
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6:00"...the percentage is relative to the total width of the container. Not the height!" How's it not 18% of the height?

At the 6 minute mark of the CSS Basics Padding video, Guil says that it's important for us to understand that the 18% top and bottom padding is relative to the width of the container, not the height? I can't wrap my head around how you can get 18% without considering the container's height. Surely it's 18% based on height, and 24% based on width?