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what is base for em value in margin's and padding's element?

oranoos3000
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hi
1-what is base for em value in margin's and padding's element?
do width of the containing block is base or these are calculated the same percentage value for this propery?

2-how does interpret negative margin for an element that cause overlap that element with other element?

thanks alot for your help.
Nov 7 '10 #1
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Dormilich
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check the wikipedia article for what em means and also the external links that explains em in CSS context.

to summarise it: em is a relative unit that per se does not have a fixed value, but rather is calculated from the fixed default settings in your browser/CSS.
Nov 7 '10 #2

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