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Posted by jeannieduen
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jeannieduen
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 8,709 Points

Hi there, I am having a hard time centering my input tag inside a form element. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?

I would like to center the input tag that follows first name and last name, but I can't. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>HTML Form</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <header class="header">THE CODE REVIEW</header>
<div class="topbar">
    <br>
    <h1 class="title">Signup for our newsletter</h1>
    <p>Get the latest news on how your code is doing right in your inbox.</p>
    <br>
    <hr size="7">
    <hr size="3">
</div>
<div class="formbox">
    <br>
    <h1 class="title aligntextleft">
        Contact Information</h1>
    <form>
     <p>First name:</p>
      <input type="text" name="firstname"><br>
      <p>Last name:</p>
      <input type="text" name="lastname">
    </form>

</div>
</body>
</html>

body        {
            margin: 0 auto;
            width: 100%;
            }
p           {
            color: #797A7D; 
            }
.header     {
            background-color: #2E384C;
            color: white;
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 1.5em;
            padding: 5%;
            }
.topbar     {
            text-align: center;
            width: 85%;
            margin: auto;
            }
.title      {
            color: #2E384C;
            font-size: 150%;
            }
.aligntextleft{
            text-align: left;   
            }           
hr          {
            background-color: #2E384C;
            margin: 0.4%;
            }
.formbox    {
            width: 85%;
            margin: 0 auto;
            color: #727272;
            font-size: 120%;
            }
form p      {
            text-align: left;
            }
.formbox input{
            width: 85%;
            padding: 2%;
            margin: auto;
            }

1 Answer

Brian Jensen
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Brian Jensen
Treehouse Staff
Brian Jensen
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Brian Jensen
Treehouse Staff

Only block elements are effected by left and right margins. :)

.formbox input{
            display: block;
            width: 85%;
            padding: 2%;
            margin: auto;
            }
jeannieduen
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jeannieduen
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 8,709 Points

Thank you Brian! I appreciate it! I forgot about that.