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CSS

Posted by Benjamin Hedgepeth
Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 Points

Horizontal nav won't center

I don't know what I'm doing wrong here. Centering the nav won't work for a reason I can't find.

  <header class="siteHeader">
      <div class="wrap">
        <h1 class="siteHeading">WebDev</h1>
        <nav class="siteNav">
          <ul class="linkTo">
            <li><a href="#">AA</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">BB</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">CC</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">DD</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">EE</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">FF</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">GG</a></li>
          </ul>
        </nav>
      </div>
    </header>

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.wrap {
  width: 70%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.linkTo {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

/**********************
HEADER
***********************/

.siteHeading {
  text-align: center;
}

.siteNav,
.linkTo,
.linkTo li {
  display: inline-block;
}

.siteNav {
  text-align: center;
}

2 Answers

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

I think you need to marign 0 this <header class="siteHeader"> and give it a container.

Benjamin Hedgepeth
Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 Points

I noticed that if I keep .'siteNav' in the rule where inline-block is applied I need a new rule of 

.siteNav {
      width: 100%; 
}

or I can omit '.siteNav' from the rule where the display mode is changed to include only the unordered list and list items.

.linkTo,
.linkTo li {
    display: inline-block;
}
Tim Wall
Tim Wall
9,570 Points
Tim Wall
Tim Wall
9,570 Points

One way you can get your horizontal nav to center is to replace the selected class of .siteHeading with .siteHeader. That way everything inside the header div will inherit the property value {text-align: center;} so long as it is not overridden later.