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* { box-sizing: border-box } FTW
One of my least favorite parts about layout with CSS is the relationship of width and padding. You’re busy defining widths to match your grid or general column proportions, then down the line you start to add in text, which necessitates defining padding for those boxes. And ‘lo and behold, you now are subtracting…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2012 | * { box-sizing: border-box } FTW by tambourine_man | 348 | 85 |
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