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HTML HTML Forms Organizing Forms Fieldsets and Legends

Edouard Winia
Edouard Winia
3,257 Points
Posted by Edouard Winia
Edouard Winia
3,257 Points

From basics / organizing form : actual width of form larger than max-width set, how can it be ?!

Hi !

I had a quick look at the CSS set up for the form in the "organizing forms" of the "Form basics" section.

If you check with google dev tool the selector <form> it's indicated that it has a width of 440px while in the CSS file it's written : form {max-width: 300px; }.

Besides at the very begining of the CSS file it's indicated that we are in the "box-sizing : border-box" mode which implies that margin and padding should be included in the max-width of 330px.

Does anyone has a clue on that ?

Best, Edouard

2 Answers

Niclas Valentiner
Niclas Valentiner
8,947 Points
Niclas Valentiner
Niclas Valentiner
8,947 Points

Does the CSS in the file after the rule for form apply? The rest of the css file?

Sounds to me like the css file itself is broke or breaks at some point.

Edouard Winia
Edouard Winia
3,257 Points
Edouard Winia
Edouard Winia
3,257 Points

Ok sorry, there was a media query I missed.. :

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {

form { max-width: 480px;

Thanks for the answer, sorry for disturbing.

Niclas Valentiner
Niclas Valentiner
8,947 Points
Niclas Valentiner
Niclas Valentiner
8,947 Points

That'd make the change, heh. Glad you found the solution.