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CSS

christopher walsh
christopher walsh
7,272 Points
Posted by christopher walsh
christopher walsh
7,272 Points

my list is stuck to the left side

I cant figure out why my list is stuck to the left side. 

   <html>
<head>
    <title>My Website</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>

<body>

    <header>
        <nav>
            <ul>
            <li>Home</li>
            <li>Projects</li>
            <li>About</li>
            <li>Contact</li>
            </ul>
        </nav>
    </header>

    <div class="mainContent">

    </div>

    <div class="firstArticle">
    </div>

    <div class="secondArticle">
    </div>

    <div class="thirdArticle">
    </div>

    <div class="moreContent">
    </div>

    <div class="footer">
    </div>

  </body>

</html>

  • {border: 2px dotted black; padding:5px;}

body {background-color: #6ac1c4; }

header { width: 100%; background-color:#5ca2de; hight:75px; }

li {display:inline-table; padding: 0px 75px; margin: 0px auto;

text-align: center;

} nav { padding: 10px; align-content: center;

}

jag
jag
18,266 Points
jag
jag
18,266 Points

Typo on head style for "Height" & align-content needs to be used with flex styles.

3 Answers

Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points
Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points

What is align-content? You need the following code:

nav { padding: 10px; text-align: center;}
jag
jag
18,266 Points
jag
jag
18,266 Points

align-content is part of the new styles introduced with flex styles. 

#main {
    border: 1px solid #000000;
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    align-content:center;
}

http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_align-content.asp

jag
jag
18,266 Points
jag
jag
18,266 Points

Here is a working version with two columns for nav.

https://jsfiddle.net/3sk1ateh/2/

Jake Ford
Jake Ford
9,230 Points
Jake Ford
Jake Ford
9,230 Points

I see you have given the li a margin: 0px auto, but maybe you should be targeting the ul as a whole. Try giving the ul some positioning:

ul{
    width: 40%;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

You have to remember to give it a width for the margin: auto to work.