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CSS

Posted by Tharaka Herath
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Tharaka Herath
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 4,062 Points

The class 'impede' does not align to the center after a width property value is assigned.

* {text-align: center;}
.impede {
    font-size: 0.85em; 
    white-space: nowrap; 
    overflow: hidden; 
    text-overflow: ellipsis; 
    background-color: #99A018; 
    width: 200px; 
} 
<p class="impede">some text were written here before, but they seems to be missing now.</p>

note: a universal selector is assigned to text-align to center. only class 'impede' wont center, others are aligned to center,

1 Answer

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

Is it not centering the text withing the width you give? It's not going to center to the page, only to the width you give. When no width is given, the p tag takes 100% of it's container so therefore has a width of 100% and will center the contents to the container.

If you need to give your p tag a width and center the entire tag in it's container, you need to add margin: 0 auto;

Check out this codepin to see example .

Tharaka Herath
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Tharaka Herath
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 4,062 Points

job done! Thanks much Andrew.