CSS Box Sizing

CSS Box Sizing

The CSS box-sizing property allows us to include the padding and border in an element’s total width and height.

Without the CSS box-sizing Property

By default, the width and height of an element is calculated like this:

width + padding + border = actual width of an element
height + padding + border = actual height of an element

This means: When you set the width/height of an element, the element often appears bigger than you have set (because the element’s border and padding are added to the element’s specified width/height).

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