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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Create a Horizontal List of Links

Rosalee Johnson
Rosalee Johnson
5,726 Points
Posted by Rosalee Johnson
Rosalee Johnson
5,726 Points

I am being asked to set the top and bottom margins to 0 and lefthand right margins to 10px. I have done so, no success.

Here is the short-hand version that I've provided:

nav ul {

margin: 0 10px; }

...and this is the long-hand version that I've provided:

nav ul {

margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; }

... and I was still told to set the top margin 0. What am I doing wrong?

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

h1 {
  font-family: ‘Changa One’, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}


#nav ul {
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  margin-left: 10px;
  margin-right: 10px;
  }

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

:point_right: Your selector is not targeting the right elements.

The challenge says: "Select the unordered list nested inside the nav element." But your selector is targeting unordered lists inside an element with the ID of "nav", since the pound sign (#) indicates an ID instead of an element type. Remove the "#" and you should pass the challenge.

And FYI, while the rest of your code is perfectly fine as is, you could accomplish the same thing more compactly with a single line:

  margin: 0 10px;
Rosalee Johnson
Rosalee Johnson
5,726 Points
Rosalee Johnson
Rosalee Johnson
5,726 Points

I appreciate the quick response! I actually tried the single line the very first time (within my examples in the initial message), as well. But I did remove the pound sign, as you suggested, and I was able to move to the next step. Thanks, Steven!