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CSS

brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points
Posted by brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points

I cant seem to be able to center the a the tags in my dropdown menu

Any ideas as to way my a tags arent centering? I'm trying to use text align center but it doesnt seem to be working

<nav>
   <ul>
    <li class="main-nav"><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
    <li class="main-nav">
     <span>Content 1</span>
     <ul class="dropdown-menu">
      <li><a href="page1.html">page 1</a></li>
      <li><a href="page2.html">page 2</a></li>
      <li><a href="page3.html">page 3</a></li>
     </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="main-nav">
     <span>Content 2</span>
     <ul class="dropdown-menu">
      <li><a href="page4.html">page 4</a></li>
      <li><a href="page5.html">page 5</a></li>
      <li><a href="page6.html">page 6</a></li>
     </ul>
    </li>
   </ul>
  </nav>

html{ 
    width: 940px;
    margin: auto;
    padding: 0; 
    }
body{
    background-color: blue;
    max-width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
    margin: auto;
    }
header{
    max-width: 100%;
    padding:0;
    margin: auto;
    }
nav {
    max-width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
    margin: auto;
    }
nav ul{ 
       max-width: 100%;
       padding:0;
       margin: auto;
       }
nav li { 
   display: inline-block;
   list-style:none;
   max-width: 100%;
   padding: 0;
   margin: auto;
        }
nav a{ 
         text-align: center;
          padding: 0;
      margin: auto;
     }      
.main-nav{
    max-width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
    margin: auto;
    position: relative;
}
.dropdown-menu {
       background-color: white;
        max-width: 100%;
        padding: 0;
        margin: auto;
        display: none;
        position: absolute; 
}
.main-nav:hover .dropdown-menu{
        display: block;
}
.dropdown-menu li {
    text-align: center;
}
section {
    max-width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
    margin: auto;
    }
footer {
    max-width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
    margin: auto;
    }

2 Answers

Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points
Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

<center>

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Try applying it when the list items are on hover. The list items only show up when you're hovering which is triggered by a pseudo class so it won't take effect unless you tell CSS that's what you want to do. 

.main-nav:hover .dropdown-menu{
        display: block;
       text-align: center;
}
brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points
brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points

what if I want the .main-nav to the right or left wouldnt that center the nav also not just just he drop down menu within the nav?