CSS is Great
CSS is Awful
CSS is Great
You can do whatever you need to do, however you need to do it!
CSS is Awful
There are 8,000 ways to do the same thing. Some make more sense than others, just choose!
I wish someone would just tell me what to do!
OK!
CSS Layout
The Right Way
Blocked elements
Right Way
Create block or inline contexts for various elements.
Want your <a> element to be a button, make it block or inline-block.
Wrong Way
Create complex layouts trying to use just Block, Inline and Inline-Block
Want to create a grid of 3 items DON'T use inline-block.
Floated elements
Right Way
Want an element to have text wrap around it? Use floats.
Wrong Way
Literally anything else.
Positioned elements
Right Way
When exact placement matters.
Wrong Way
Should only be used for minor things.
Flexed elements
Right Way
Use when your content's size matters.
Use one one-directional layout makes sense.
Use when a browser doesn't support Gridded content.
Wrong Way
Save yourself a headache don't try to use it in a column.
Gridded elements
Right Way
Use Grid when your layout itself should control size.
Use Grid when two-dimensional placement makes sense.
Wrong Way
Create a 12-column grid and pretend that it's Bootstrap.
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By Bryan Robinson
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