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William Hurst
William Hurst
25,074 Points
Posted by William Hurst
William Hurst
25,074 Points

Where is the explicit value for the header element?

Nick states states that when float is added to the header, it no longer has a explicit value. Not sure if I have looked past it, but I can't see an explicit value for the header. Any help thanks.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

I think what he means is that being a block element, by default it gets the full width of it's container. It's not actually "explicit" in the sense of having a width property in a CSS rule.

Floating causes it to loose this "explicit width" and allow other elements to flow around it.

Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points
Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points

A floated element doesn't have a an explicit width, so he sets the width of the header to 100% to make it stretch the full width of the screen. Otherwise it would only take up as much space as the elements inside it required.