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CSS Enhancing Design with CSS Styling Boxes Adding Content Using CSS

James Parker
James Parker
7,027 Points
Posted by James Parker
James Parker
7,027 Points

In our callout class some values like width have px. Should we be using something like rem?

.callout{ display: block; width:250px; padding: .25rem 1rem; border-radius: 20px/10px; margin: 1rem auto; box-shadow: 1px 2px 3px rgba(0,10,30,.5); background-color: #cc4e13; color: white; text-align: center; font-size 1.25rem; }

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

When you want something to (always) be a specific size, use px. Also, while rem (and em) can be used for dimensions, they are typically only used on text, since they are relative to an ancestor element's text size.