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CSS

Posted by Benjamin Hedgepeth
Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 Points

Centering contact links for background images

It appears that the links are aligned with the top of the image and the padding for each list item in between the icon and link is different.

http://i.imgur.com/EIHDHdY.png

HTML

<section>
        <h3>Contact</h3>
        <ul id="contact">
          <li class="phone"><a href="tel:503-503-5030">503-503-5030</a></li>
          <li class="mail"><a href="mailto:nobody@no.com">nobody@no.com</a></li>
        </ul>
</section>

CSS

#contact a {
    display: block;
    min-height: 30px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: 30px 30px;
    margin: 0 0 0 15px;
    padding: 0 30px 0 30px;
}

.phone a {
  background-image: url("../img/phone.jpg");
}

.mail a {
  background-image:url("../img/mail.jpg");
}

2 Answers

Immo Struchholz
Immo Struchholz
10,515 Points
Immo Struchholz
Immo Struchholz
10,515 Points

I believe centering elements vertically is possible with flexbox.
Also I believe the padding of the links is the same. If you add a border to the images you will see that they are of the same size.

Bob McCarty
PLUS
Bob McCarty
Courses Plus Student 16,618 Points
Bob McCarty
Bob McCarty
Courses Plus Student 16,618 Points

Ben

Does a "div" contain the section? Does the CSS contain styling for the section? For the <ul> item try styling "margin: 0 auto; " The containing element i.e. section must a width of max-width: 100%;

Bob