Posted by jojo on 07/29/06 11:24

dorayme wrote:
[not necessary to write a unit behind zero in CSS]
>>>> Hope I remember this when I need to set some value 'zero' in
>>>> future...
>>>
>>> Why? What does it matter if you don't?
>>>
>> It doesn't matter, it just looks nicer that way ;-)
>
> Ah yes... I can relate to that. OK jojo, what about this:
>
> You are typing away and making with the compact form of padding:
>
> padding: 2px 0 2px 5px;
>
> And then you think... maybe I should put 0px here to make it look
> nice and balanced or for the practical reason that maybe I will
> change my mind later and put a positive number instead, the px is
> already there and waiting for me... perhaps even the latter
> practical reason informs one's aesthetics?
>

You may be right... only that I don't use px normally... I at least try
to use em whenever possible... 10px of padding are much with a font-size
of 20px, but one can hardly recognize them with a font-size of 40px...
Most time I use no padding at all but margin if I have no border, so I
avoid to write bugfixes for IE 5 or older (CSS box model)...

jojo

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