How to describe element’s natural sizing behavior

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When introducing width and height I explain that by default width takes as much horizontal space as it can, while height takes as little vertical space as possible. This leads to a discussion of these two opposed models

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Created 4y | Mar 29, 2021, 4:21:14 PM


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