What is the purpose of this purple dashed line area?
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Css Solutions
Solution 1 - Css
It shows the available space where text can be expanded.
You can see this dashed area after text which means it is area where text can be expanded
*, html, body {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
}
div {
position: relative;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
button {
display: flex;
width: 100px;
}
<div>
<button>1</button>
</div>
Solution 2 - Css
It is white space. For example you have a container with 100% of width and two divs inside, one of those with 50% and another width 40% of width, it means that there is 10% of space empty... this 10% would be shown in this purple dashed line area by the Google inspector.