On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:49 PM, John <j...@coffeeonmars.com> wrote: > > On Sep 16, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Eric <e...@minerbits.com> wrote: > >> Did you read on this list that the REM unit is only for type? - It's a >> relative unit like any other relative unit. I use it for everything except >> element widths (they get %s) and line-height that should be unitless. > > No, I mean that in my gathering information about proper use of rems, I’m > looking far and wide (online, people I know) and there is a disagreement as > to how rem units should be used. > > As I take this site responsive, I’m going with % also. > > Thank you, > > John > ______________________________________________________________________
I haven't heard any arguments about not using rem for anything but font-size until this thread. I've only heard that it's no different than using em, except for the lack of the compounding issue associated with em. And that's a really good thing. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.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/
