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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Backgrounds: Color and Images

Posted by Kudakwashe Kondenga
Kudakwashe Kondenga
1,732 Points

How do I align borders

I was attempting to code and the border just seems to fill the element width I set and not the text alignment

Amrit Pandey
Amrit Pandey
17,595 Points
Amrit Pandey
Amrit Pandey
17,595 Points

please post some of the code you tried

Kudakwashe Kondenga
Kudakwashe Kondenga
1,732 Points

text-align: center; width: 60%; border-top: solid orange 5px; border-bottom: solid orangered 5px;

Kudakwashe Kondenga
Kudakwashe Kondenga
1,732 Points

Maybe I should try box-sizing it

Amrit Pandey
Amrit Pandey
17,595 Points
Amrit Pandey
Amrit Pandey
17,595 Points

try setting left and right padding/margin to zero