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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout box-sizing and max-width

Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh
3,582 Points
Posted by Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh
3,582 Points

Hi , image gallery is not in center of the page.

Hi , i am facing this problem every time with my coding . The problem is - alignment of header and footer's text or image always in center of the page with property text-align .But , alignment of image gallery is not in the center of the page.Its slight left or right side depend on the size of the page. If i use wrapper to warp all code with text align property then the same problem what is wrong with this coding below -

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>---------</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">

</head>
<body>
    <nav>
        <ul id="mainMenu">
            <li><a href="#">------------</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">------------</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">------------</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">------------</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">------------</a></li>
        </ul>
    </nav>
    <header>
        <h2 id="mainHeading">------------</h2>
        <!-- <h2 id="wild"><a href="#">------------</a></h2> -->
    </header>
        <ul id="gallery">
            <li><img src="img/------------.jpg"></li>
            <li><img src="img/T------------.jpg"></li>
            <li><img src="img/------------.jpg"></li>
            <li><img src="img/------------.jpg"></li>
        </ul>

    <footer>
        <a href="https://------------        " target="_blank"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" class="icon"></a>
        <a href="https://------------  " target="_blank"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" class="icon"></a>
        <P>------------ . </P>
    </footer>

</body>
</html>   ```html

here ..css file -

```css
* {
    box-sizing: border-box;

}
body{
    margin: 0;

}
img{
    max-width: 100%;
}
a{
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #696969;
}
 nav ul{
    list-style: none;
    text-align: center;
    padding-left:0.10em;
}#mainMenu li{
    padding: 5px;
}
    header{
    background-image: url("img/sys.jpg");
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center;
    background-size: cover;
    text-align: center;
    margin: 0 0 15px 0;
    /*width: 100%;*/
    height: 500px;
}#mainHeading{
    font-size: 32px;
    /*text-align: center;*/
    color: #fff;
    border-bottom: 1px solid;
    padding: 0 0 5px;
    margin: 140px 0 0 0;
    display: inline-block;

}#gallery{
    list-style: none;

}#gallery li{
    width: 45%;
    float: left;
    margin: 2.5px;
}
footer{
 text-align: center;
 clear: both;
}
.icon{
    padding: 5px;
    width: 45px;
    height: 45px;

}```
Matthew Lang
Matthew Lang
13,471 Points
Matthew Lang
Matthew Lang
13,471 Points

Your #gallery is floated left. This takes your gallery out of the usual layout of the page and glues it to the left side.

2 Answers

Cosmin Ionut Mindru
Cosmin Ionut Mindru
2,110 Points
Cosmin Ionut Mindru
Cosmin Ionut Mindru
2,110 Points

Add the property "margin: auto" to your "nav ul" selector.

Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh
3,582 Points
Sandeep Singh
Sandeep Singh
3,582 Points

How to make it in center of the page?