Confusing CSS behaviors that actually make sense
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2021-09-14

CSS can be infuriating at times. There are some really strange things that it does... BUT a lot of those infuriating things happen for a reason. Once you understand the *why*, not only does it make it less infuriating, but all of CSS just starts to become a bit more predictable and a lot more fun to write.

🔗 Links 
✅ Codepen: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/JjJXMjR
✅ Collapsing margins: https://youtu.be/qKiz9gdJdr8

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:51 - Height as a percentage
03:50 - The space under images (and other replaced elements)
06:46 - Padding and margin top and bottom as a percentage
10:41 - "hack" to boosting specificity

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