The width of an element does not include its border

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The width of an element does not include its border #2

Open Faterou opened 9 years ago

Faterou commented 9 years ago

Originally reported by: Gabrielle Bastien (Bitbucket: gabrielle_bastien, GitHub: Unknown)

If an element is set to a certain width and has a border, the width read by Cornipickle is less than the given width, because of the border. It could be better to set the default width as the total width (width + border), which represents the total space taken by the element on the page.

Suggestion:

width for the total width (i.e. the total space occupied)
inner width for the width without the border

Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/sylvainhalle/cornipickle/issue/2

Faterou commented 8 years ago

Original comment by Francis Guérin (Bitbucket: Faterou, GitHub: Faterou):

I agree with that.

Faterou commented 8 years ago

Original comment by Sylvain Hallé (Bitbucket: sylvainhalle, GitHub: sylvainhalle):

Why not just have two different properties with two names:

width for the total width (i.e. the total space occupied)
inner width for the width without the border

Faterou commented 8 years ago

Original comment by Francis Guérin (Bitbucket: Faterou, GitHub: Faterou):

Can an object's border influence the properties of other elements on the page? If it's just cosmetic, I'm not sure if always doing width + border is a good idea.

Faterou commented 9 years ago

Original comment by Sylvain Hallé (Bitbucket: sylvainhalle, GitHub: sylvainhalle):

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