Re: vh and vw as units for dimensions.

Ah, okay. I think I finally got it. Thank you for explaining!

Kind Regards,
Irfan
On May 28, 2013 1:44 PM, "ACJ" <ego@acjs.net> wrote:

>  Op 28-5-2013 20:22, irfan mir schreef:
>
> How is it not necessarily the same as 1% of the computed height and width
> of the html, body?
>
> Is it because and when the html, body is given a fixed dimension like
> width:1024px; and not it is not a percent of the viewport?
>
> Because I believe I am right when the html, body is a 100% percent of the
> viewport then 1vh is equal to 1% of the html, body's height and 1vw is
> equal to the html, body's width.
>
>
> If the width of the body/html is 100% of the viewport, then 1% of the
> body/html will obviously be the same as 1% of the viewport. In all other
> cases, it is not. vh and vw refer to the dimensions of the viewport rather
> than the dimensions of the body/html (though, yes, they could have the same
> value).
>
> Sincerely,
>
> ACJ
>
>
>  On May 28, 2013 1:04 PM, "ACJ" <ego@acjs.net> wrote:
>
>>  Op 28-5-2013 19:48, irfan mir schreef:
>>
>> Okay, I understand now. Thank you for the explanation. This really
>> cleared things up.
>>
>>  1vh = 1% of html, body's height and 1vw = 1% of html, body's width.
>>
>> And they let one use the units as relative the percentage of the html,
>> body height and width instead of relative to the parent height and width.
>>
>>
>> Well, technically, 1% of the the viewport's height and width,
>> respectively. This is not necessarily the same as the computed dimensions
>> of the body and/or html elements.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> ACJ
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28 May 2013 08:59, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:28 AM, irfan mir <theirf@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I just learned about the vh and vw units and see how it would be very
>>> > helpful in terms of typography.
>>> >
>>> > But in terms of using it as a unit for dimensions, what differentiates
>>> vh
>>> > for height and vw for width from percent?
>>> > Don't a 100 of all 3 take up the entire viewport?
>>>
>>>  As Henrik said, percentages are only equal to vw/vh on the html/body
>>> elements, and on other elements if *every ancestor was 100%
>>> width/height as well*.
>>>
>>> That's obviously rarely true, so vw/vh let you use the viewport size
>>> deeper into your page structure.
>>>
>>> It also works for things where percentages are interpreted
>>> differently, like font-size (where they're relative to the parent's
>>> font-size).
>>>
>>> ~TJ
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  --
>> Regards,
>>               Irfan Mir.
>>
>>
>>
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