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CSS

Posted by Joram Livengood
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Joram Livengood
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,603 Points

Did anyone else use floats?

I set each columns max-width to 48%, so that they weren't touching, and then I floated each one a different direction.

Is this a sustainable solution?

.col { max-width: 48%; }

.primary { float: left; }

.secondary { float: right; }

6 Answers

Brent Palmer
Brent Palmer
8,779 Points
Brent Palmer
Brent Palmer
8,779 Points

Sure that works, and that should leave you with 2% margin to work with between the columns.

Bartlomiej Zabielski
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Bartlomiej Zabielski
Courses Plus Student 10,363 Points
Bartlomiej Zabielski
Bartlomiej Zabielski
Courses Plus Student 10,363 Points

yeah i used floats now im confused which way is better. floats seem way easier

Patrick Pankn
Patrick Pankn
1,520 Points
Patrick Pankn
Patrick Pankn
1,520 Points

Ive changed the class to 1 name, so i could target them sepretly. this is my solution.

.primary-col, .secondary-col{ display:inline-block; width:50%; }

.primary-col{ float:left; padding-right:20px; }

.secondary-col{ float:right; padding-left:20px; }

Benson Makoni
Benson Makoni
8,319 Points
Benson Makoni
Benson Makoni
8,319 Points

.col{ width:50%; float:left; display:inline-block; padding: 1em 1em;} worked for me

Jay Dacosta
Jay Dacosta
5,913 Points
Jay Dacosta
Jay Dacosta
5,913 Points

thats exactly what i did. i also didnt change the display value though. i did noticed that once resized, the contents of both columns overflowed onto the footer. Corrected by simply adding an "overflow: auto;" to the footer wrap class.

Ivan Poch
Ivan Poch
10,560 Points
Ivan Poch
Ivan Poch
10,560 Points

I too used float but just with one div. And it work just fine.

.primary-col { display: inline-block; float: left; width: 35%; }

.secondary-col { display: inline-block; width: 35%; margin-left: 10%; }