Philippe,
>(under example 25 for the width MQ – it applies equally to the REM unit) Sure, that makes sense as long as a font-size has been set for the root element. If there is no font-size set on the root element I'm not absolutely sure what would be used but based on my testing of the REM unit and UA default font-size my assumption is that the UA's default font-size value would be used. I need to look into that. > Bottom line, if you go with relative units, go all the way. Well, that's one way to look at it, but you'll find many pages in the wild that use a mix of fixed and relative units... it most often works however. Eric On January 25, 2013 at 12:37 AM Philippe Wittenbergh <e...@l-c-n.com> wrote: > > Le 25 janv. 2013 à 14:04, Eric <e...@minerbits.com> a écrit : > > > What does that have to do with developing an understanding of relative units > > in > > CSS? > > > > But, since you insist on changing the topic (which is usually done by those > > who > > don't understand the topic) let me just say….what the hell does it matter!? > > It has. The cited example site does trigger a serious scrollbar on my desktop > browser(s) when zoomed in – a block (.work-nav.m-hide has it's width set in > px)… There may be other issues, didn't check them. > Bottom line, if you go with relative units, go all the way. > > On the subject of relative units, the media query spec has this: > > The ‘em’ value is relative to the initial value of ‘font-size’. > > (under example 25 for the width MQ – it applies equally to the REM unit) > > I'll let you ponder the meaning of it. > http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/#width > > Philippe > -- > Philippe Wittenbergh > http://l-c-n.com > > > > On January 25, 2013 at 12:37 AM Philippe Wittenbergh <e...@l-c-n.com> wrote: > > Le 25 janv. 2013 à 14:04, Eric <e...@minerbits.com> a écrit : > > > What does that have to do with developing an understanding of relative units > > in > > CSS? > > > > But, since you insist on changing the topic (which is usually done by those > > who > > don't understand the topic) let me just say….what the hell does it matter!? > > It has. The cited example site does trigger a serious scrollbar on my desktop > browser(s) when zoomed in – a block (.work-nav.m-hide has it's width set in > px)… There may be other issues, didn't check them. > Bottom line, if you go with relative units, go all the way. > > On the subject of relative units, the media query spec has this: > > The ‘em’ value is relative to the initial value of ‘font-size’. > > (under example 25 for the width MQ – it applies equally to the REM unit) > > I'll let you ponder the meaning of it. > http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/#width > > Philippe > -- > Philippe Wittenbergh > http://l-c-n.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
