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HTML

Posted by Sahou Kanaan Almelhem
Sahou Kanaan Almelhem
Courses Plus Student 15,547 Points

HTML elements do not response to margin left and right auto

I can't center input element "search" with the command

searchInput {

text-align : center; width: 70%; margin: 1em auto 0; }

.But i used the following

searchInput {

width: 70%; margin: 1em 15% 0; } to center search input element. My question is why the first css command didn't work thanks in advanced ?

2 Answers

Milad The Computer Guy
Milad The Computer Guy
20,287 Points
Milad The Computer Guy
Milad The Computer Guy
20,287 Points

if the display of an element is inline, that element won't accept margin, you can change this by changing the display to block or inline-block

display:inline-block;

Sahou Kanaan Almelhem
PLUS
Sahou Kanaan Almelhem
Courses Plus Student 15,547 Points
Sahou Kanaan Almelhem
Sahou Kanaan Almelhem
Courses Plus Student 15,547 Points

Thanks for the Answer. But the display was inline-block