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CSS

Posted by Adam Ridgley
Adam Ridgley
12,255 Points

CSS Margin issue

Hello,

I have a small issue with my CSS margins, I have a section element within a wrapper div and I am trying to move the section element down from the top of the wrapper, but everytime I apply margin to the margin top of the section, it pushes the wrapper away from the top of the page?

The markup is as follows:

#wrapper {
    max-width:960px;
    margin:0 auto;
    border-left:1px solid #ccc;
    border-right:1px solid #ccc;
    background:#fff;
    padding-bottom:30px;
}

#list {
    margin:2.5%;
    width:95%;
}

The list section is in the wrapper, but the 2.5% margin is pushing the wrapper down from the top of the screen, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Adam

5 Answers

Eric Dietrich
Eric Dietrich
Courses Plus Student 5,897 Points

If you are wanting to move the section "down" in the element, use 

padding-top: 2.5%
idan ben yair
idan ben yair
10,288 Points
idan ben yair
idan ben yair
10,288 Points

try to define margin-top: 2.5%;

Adam Ridgley
Adam Ridgley
12,255 Points
Adam Ridgley
Adam Ridgley
12,255 Points

Padding works, no luck with the margin-top though :(

Probably missing something but I don't know haha

Thanks for the help!

idan ben yair
idan ben yair
10,288 Points
idan ben yair
idan ben yair
10,288 Points

lol happens.. I see you defined max-width in pixels for the wrapper and the margin in % for the list. I had bad experiences with that.. usually I just either do only % or pixels..

Adam Ridgley
Adam Ridgley
12,255 Points

Suppose I could convert it, thanks for the tip :)