August 29th, 2022 × #css#layout#margins
Margins
Discussion of various techniques for handling margins and layout in CSS including collapsing margins, padding vs margins, flexbox, grid, and using spacer divs.
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about margins. There are a lot of techniques for dealing with margins - padding instead of margin, only margin or padding bottom, Flexbox for everything, Grid for everything, or a spacing Div.
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Show Notes
- 00:30 Welcome
- 01:39 Sponsor: Sentry
- 02:50 Sponsor: Auth0
- 04:25 Introduction to margins
- 08:28 Margin vs padding
- 11:46 New techniques
- 14:32 The spacer div
- 17:36 Why do it as a component vs a class?
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