> On Jul 21, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> wrote: > > Same link you gave had this below what your were referencing. > > [quote] > The exception is when they occur in the value of the font-size property > itself, in which case they refer to the computed font metrics of the parent > element (or the computed font metrics corresponding to the initial values of > the font property, if the element has no parent). > [/quote]
Oh, sure, that is inheritance at work. For any other property that accepts a `<length>`, if it is expressed using the `em` unit, it will depend on the computed value of the element itself. That means (to come back to the rem vs em topic) that the resulting value for padding, border, margin, background-position, etc are depending on the nesting inside the document tree if using `em` units. The `rem` unit avoids that. 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/
