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CSS

Posted by fadhil suhendi
fadhil suhendi
7,680 Points

set margin 0 on body did not work

I try to set a margin to 0 on my css, but there is still space on the top, it only set the left and right margin but not on the top. I try to make it the same as the video, but why did I get different result ?

thank you

fadhil suhendi
fadhil suhendi
7,680 Points

I tried to use ( * ) universal selector, and it works. But when I tried to use it on my body it didnt.

2 Answers

Brett Cole
Brett Cole
10,181 Points
Brett Cole
Brett Cole
10,181 Points

I'm not sure about which video your talking about. But are you sure it's not actually padding that you are seeing?

fadhil suhendi
fadhil suhendi
7,680 Points

Its video type selector on CSS Basic. On the body css selector he set the margin to 0, which makes the white spaces disappear. But when I tried making my own page, I set the margin to 0 on body selector, but there is still white space on the top margin.

Brett Cole
Brett Cole
10,181 Points
Brett Cole
Brett Cole
10,181 Points

Could you post your code?

fadhil suhendi
fadhil suhendi
7,680 Points

/*base style */

body { margin: 0; } body { font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; }

h1 { color: white; font-size: 6.2em; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 80px; text-align: center; } ul { text-align: right; margin-right: 100px; } li { display: inline; text-transform: uppercase; color: white; margin-left: 30px; font-size: 1em; }

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>fadhilfath</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"> </head> <!-- body html --> <body> <header id="top" class="main-header"> <ul> <a href="#"><li>About Me</li></a> <a href="#"><li>My Work</li></a> <a href="#"><li>My Blog</li></a> <a href="#"><li>Contact Me</li></a> </ul> <h1>fadhilfath</h1> <a href="#"><span class="mywork">my work</span></a> </header> <!-- about me content --> <div class="aboutme"> <h2>About Me</h2> <p>fadfjadfajdnkfad </p> </div> <!-- the end of about me --> <footer class="main-footer"> <p>Copyright Fadhil suhendi</p> <a href="#top">Back to the top</a> </footer>

</body>

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