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DESCRIPTION
Do you only use pixels or % in CSS? Open yourself to more possibilities and best practices with other available units.
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Relative units
Summary
- Each unit has its own use cases and best practices.
- I love using
remas it's a scalable unit and consistent across devices (if proper media queries are set in root HTML element). Also, a lot of duplication is removed as e.g. font is changed in one place. viewportunits can be a good solution for full-page screens and other scenarios where you need to take viewport size into consideration.- Always Check supported browsers on caniuse for the unit you use.
- Read more best practices about CSS units.
