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CSS

Posted by Mark Brady
Mark Brady
6,239 Points

How to style the header background color?

I want the header to be a solid color with no gray spaces on the sides. I'm struggling with finding a solution, because of my form's padding.

Also, any advice on my code would be helpful. (Neatness, readability etc)

Here's a snapshot: https://w.trhou.se/np64na6m12

Thanks in advance!

1 Answer

Ash Scott
Ash Scott
435 Points
Ash Scott
Ash Scott
435 Points

On your <h1> you could do a negative margin (Like Twitter Bootstrap does with rows). I added this to your <h1> and it got what you wanted:

    background-color: red;
    margin: 10px -20px;

http://codepen.io/AshboDev/pen/GjmpyX

Let me know if this is what you were after!

Kind regards, Ash

Mark Brady
Mark Brady
6,239 Points

Thanks for your time and help, but I want the entire header/ top part of the form to be a single color. Also, sorry for the late reply.