Thank you, Laura! Now I understand. :)

What would you recommend for learning CSS?

Lisa


On 9/13/07, Laura Lemay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jones, Donna wrote:
> > It means that the original graphic is double the size of the 50%
> > graphic. The top one uses "Auto," which isn't a particular percentage.
>
> The top graphic is the original graphic.  "auto" means fit to original
> size.
>
> The confusion here is that "height" in percents does not mean "percent
> of this element."  It means "percent of the height of the enclosing
> element."  In other words, its not 50% of the image size, its 50% of the
> size of the entire "try it" display area, which is 400 pixels plus or
> minus.  That's how an image with height=50% ends up larger than the
> original image.
>
> It'd be nice if w3schools explained these subtleties in their
> "tutorials" but they never do.  (I'm not a fan).
>
> Laura
>
>

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