Why the difference when using percentage vs px to define height?

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Why the difference when using percentage vs px to define height?



I am trying to achieve the fade-in and fade-out effect as mentioned here Jquery replacewith fade/animate, but I would like to avoid content below it moving up and down. So I define a container with fixed height.


<div class="container">
<div id="foo"></div>
</div>
<h1>content below</h1>



If I set the height of container using px, "content below" will not move up and down during the animation.


.container {
height: 475px;
}



But if I set "height: 90%;", then it will. Why?



I prefer to use percentage, so how to in this case?





Percentage works when you have a parent container of fixed height or of content. In your case the content is none so % of nothing is turning out to be nothing. But fixed height serves the purpose as that is absolute height in px.
– Charu Maheshwari
Jul 24 at 4:51




2 Answers
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Percentages are relative and pixels are absolute. The computer knows what 400 pixels is. However when the measurement is relative, the final absolute output must have a relation with some other measurement. 400px is 50% of 800px.



If example you have no content in your <body>, the page collapses and it has no height.


<body>



If you set <body>'s height to 100%, it still has no height because its parent <html> has no height. However by setting <html>'s and <body>'s heights to 100% you will fill the viewport (html's "parent").


<body>


<html>


<html>


<body>



This applies to other block elements like divs.





I forget to mention that I do have "html, body { height: 100%; width: 100%; }". I will put everything together and test more. Another thing, I also use Bootstrap, so it may complicate. I don't know. I will try. Thank you.
– user180574
Jul 24 at 5:31







I found that when using bootstrap, should use "vh" as %.
– user180574
2 days ago



Pixels are an absolute unit of measure. Percents are relative to some other value.



Each have valid use cases, neither is "better".



Reference : More detail here





I mean: given my question and when the window size doesn't change is "height: 90%" a fixed value or not? I am not asking the difference in general sense.
– user180574
Jul 24 at 4:50





@user180574 CSS: why the difference when using percentage vs px to define height?
– Dr. Strange
Jul 24 at 4:51


CSS: why the difference when using percentage vs px to define height?





its not fixed value its change with your screen
– Dr. Strange
Jul 24 at 4:54






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