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CSS

Posted by jihad miski
jihad miski
1,278 Points

i have a ? regarding positioning ul li .

okay so my main problem is that i have ul li i managed this code so far 

 ul li  {
  text-align: center;
  display: inline-block;
  }

so they are on an inline block but the problem is that when i display it that way they dont move to the center it stays on the left and when i remove the display they move to the center but not inline can someone help me fix this thank you .

2 Answers

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

Normal I just do like this:

ul {
  text-align: center;
}

ul li {
  display: inline-block;
}

This will place the li's inline and in the center of the ul, just like you want :-)

jihad miski
jihad miski
1,278 Points

:D thank you!!!!

Alex Watts
Alex Watts
8,396 Points
Alex Watts
Alex Watts
8,396 Points

Hello Jihad,

You want to center the ul not the li (see below):

ul {
    text-align: center;
}
jihad miski
jihad miski
1,278 Points

hey alex ya that works lets say i have

main about contact they are stacked on top of each other

when i write

 ul {
    text-align: center;
}

it goes to the center but when i do this 

ul {
display: inline-block;
}

they go back to the left i would like the result to look like this 

                                             main about contact

in the center