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brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points
Posted by brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points

Does margin: auto; not center things perfectly?

I'm making a mobile version of a site on I'm making a gallery that isn't float, so the images are stacked on top of one another. When I set the width of the image's li container to 80% or less it looks mostly centered, however when I set the width to 90% or more the image isn't center all the way and is more one the left. Is this normal?

Pedro Cabral
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Pedro Cabral
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 23,916 Points

Your post is confusing. If you are setting a width in percentage on your li tag that will work in relation to its parent element, probably a ul tag - that has no effect in centering an element. You mention "margin: auto" in the title of the post but don't elaborate on that, maybe sharing the code using a service like codepen.io or jsfiddle.net would be better.

1 Answer

Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points
Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points

ul's have a padding value, you need to set 

ul {
  padding: 0;
}