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Mia [data-css=poetic]

Please stop inheriting the box-model. The supposed use-case for that is extremely out-dated, inheritance doesn't really help, and it actively makes real box-sizing use-cases more difficult! This #CSS best practice was never the best to begin with: www.oddbird.net/2025/09/04/b...

oddbird.netDon't Inherit the Box ModelIt's time to stop spreading this out-dated practice

First time I’ve ever seen `box-sizing: inherit;` being used … people did (~do) that? 🤯

5/9/25, 6:40 am0 reposts5 likes

@oliverturner.cloud

It was widely touted as a best practice for many years css-tricks.com/inheriting-b...

css-tricks.comInheriting box-sizing Probably Slightly Better Best-Practice | CSS-TricksI'm a big fan of resetting box-sizing to border-box, so much that we have a special day of the year around here. But there is a little adjustment to setting

TIL! 😳

Mia [data-css=poetic]

Maybe I'm wrong that it's popular. Maybe I over-count it because it annoys me when I see it, ha!

@kilianvalkhof.com

it's in a ton of CSS resets so I guess many people 'used' it unknowingly.