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Posted by pgmd
pgmd
6,897 Points

What I am missing - CSS

below is the code challenge and my answer which seems right but TTH tells me that it is wrong!!!!

Select the wrapper, set a max width of 940 pixels, and then center it on the page using the margin property.

.wrapper { max-width: 940px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }

2 Answers

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,443 Points
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,443 Points

To center an element you should use:

margin: 0 auto;
pgmd
pgmd
6,897 Points

That is the same as what I did except in shorthand but does not answer the question about why the line margin: 0 auto; is incorrect as per TTH. Thank you though!

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,443 Points

Can you link me to the challenge.

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,443 Points

Can you link me to the challenge.

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,443 Points
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,443 Points

Also be sure that your selector is correct. You could be using a class selector

.wrapper{
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
}

When you should be using an id selector

#wrapper{
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
pgmd
pgmd
6,897 Points

Hi Ricardo, I just figured it out and so did you. The issue was that it is an ID tag not a class - except that TTH challenge does not mention that on the question and there is no html file that comes with the challenge. Thanks again. be well!