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Posted by nvcxnvkldsjaklfds
nvcxnvkldsjaklfds
Courses Plus Student 5,041 Points

CSS Margin properties are not applying to div elements

I am trying to set margin property for two div elements. But i could not set them. My HTML and CSS codes are below. 

   <body>
        <div class="container">
            <div class="link">
                <a href="#"class="welcomemessage">Welcome To India</a>
            </div>
            <div class="list">
                <ul>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
    </body>

.list{
    margin: 10px auto;
}

.link{
margin: 10px auto;
}

I even tried to set for class("container"). But no success.

Can anyone here help me please?

Thanks in advance,

Regards

1 Answer

Damon Johnson
Damon Johnson
Courses Plus Student 2,775 Points

Hey,

The HTML should work if you do this, using a h1 element.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>N-th Child Pseudo Selector</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="pseudoclass.css"/>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="container">
            <h1>
                <a href="#">Welcome To India</a>
            </h1>
            <div class="list">
                <ul>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                    <li>Welcome</li>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

and this CSS;

body{
    background-color: #ccc;
}

h1 {
    text-align: center;
}

.list {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 10%;
}

=)

nvcxnvkldsjaklfds
nvcxnvkldsjaklfds
Courses Plus Student 5,041 Points

I do understand with div elements now. Because div elements basically take the width of the browser screen.

I tried with anchor element. By default, anchor elements are inline. So I expect it to move to center when I set margin vertical to auto. 

a{
   margin: 0px auto;
}

Even this one does not work.