Introduction to Responsive Web Development with HTML and CSS
Floats
A course by Javier Usobiaga Ferrer , Web designer
About the video: Floats
Overview
“The float property is a fundamental tool for creating reticles. It allows us to place two blocks side by side, without causing line breaks. However, the blocks that float are not quite well with the elements that do not float, so it is necessary to combine them with other techniques that we will now see.”
In this video lesson Javier Usobiaga Ferrer addresses the topic: Floats, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Responsive Web Development with HTML and CSS. Learn the basics of front-end web development.
Partial transcription of the video
“STRUCTURE IN CSS Floats The float property is key to creating grids. Allows two elements to float next to each other without doing a line break. However, the elements that float they don't get along well with those who don't, so we must combine it with other techniques. Let's see it. Earlier I mentioned the problem of setting a height in boxes that can have text and that this text can grow, and here we can see an example of this problem. It is a box with a height of two hundred pixels and two paragraphs that logically surpass their container. The normal behavior is to show the exceeded cont...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Responsive Web Development with HTML and CSS
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Javier Usobiaga Ferrer
A course by Javier Usobiaga Ferrer
Javier Usobiaga is a Web Designer for 10 years and co-founder with Marta Armada Swwweet studio, specialized in designing responsive webs from the initial conception to the front-end development.
He also enjoys a lot in his facet as professor of Web Design in renowned workshops and schools like Elisava, IDEP.
Usobiaga understands the web as a whole, not only how beautiful it can be on the computer screen, but its usability in different devices and circumstances.
In his words "I think that as important as the aesthetic is how fast it charges or how well it responds, and I think that in our industry we often forget about that."
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