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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout box-sizing and max-width

Adam Akers
Adam Akers
7,357 Points
Posted by Adam Akers
Adam Akers
7,357 Points

Does box-sizing squeeze the content inside of the <div> to make up for the additional border and padding?

Does using the box-sizing rule squeeze or resize the content inside of the <div> to make up for the space used by the border and padding? I am just trying to make sense of what happens to these two values and rules when box-sizing is used.

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Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

You are correct. The default value of content-box is specified width + padding + border + margin.

The common border-box is fits the padding and border inside of the specified width. Margin is still outside of this value.

There is also a padding-box value that is content +padding inside the width while border and margin are outside this width value.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/box-sizing