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.
There are some strange "rules of thumb" floating around out there....Take a look at the spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/#rem-unit > On September 16, 2014 at 5:11 PM John <j...@coffeeonmars.com> wrote: > > > If rem units are for font size and margins and padding get % values, does it > get fairly hairy knowing what % you need for your margin/padding? Always of > the parent, of course, but what if you have an ul in your sidebar and another > in a main content div, which is much wider than the sidebar.. > > I guess through the use of descendent selectors, you dial in on the correct % > value for each instance? > > am I making this out to be more difficult than it really is? > > Thank you! > > John > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
