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CSS

Posted by Kevin Goudswaard
Kevin Goudswaard
11,061 Points

I have a div with a nested <UL> whose border is spilling out on the right. whats goin on??

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/jqbKEx?editors=1100

any ideas?

2 Answers

Shawn Ramsey
Shawn Ramsey
27,237 Points

The margin for that div is set to - margin: 0 10px 30px;. Try removing the margin for that div or setting it to 0. The preceding div has its margin set to 0.

That works in Chrome inspector.

Kevin Goudswaard
Kevin Goudswaard
11,061 Points

thanks Shawn. I am trying to get a little space from the sides of the browser and the ".helpful" class element. Ill keep playing with it.

Shawn Ramsey
Shawn Ramsey
27,237 Points
Shawn Ramsey
Shawn Ramsey
27,237 Points

If you want to add a little space to the sides of the helpful div, try reducing the width to 90% or so and centering it with margin: 0 auto;. Maybe something like this:

.helpful {
    width: 90%;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 25px 0;
    font-size: 1.2em;
    text-align: center;
    border: 2px solid black;
}
Kevin Goudswaard
Kevin Goudswaard
11,061 Points

Looks great! :) thanks again shawn