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Posted by Claudio Gomes
Claudio Gomes
8,872 Points

Why do I need to set right margin zero on a navbar in Bootstrap

I cannot understand why there's a need to apply a margin zero (m-r-0) on the navbar element @ https://teamtreehouse.com/community/video:61142 (5:26 min)

If I need to apply a margin right, why dont I also need to do the same for the left margin on this element?

1 Answer

Stuart Elmore
Stuart Elmore
84 Points

The class that removes the margin-right is just for aesthetics purpose. That element by default has a margin on the right and left, meaning that when it is floated to the right it will appear indented from the right hand side. Removing the margin prevents this. Similarly if you were floating it left then you would want to remove the margin left.

Yes, you could remove the left margin in this instance, but that just means that when you make the viewport smaller as he does at 5:30 it would not snap until the "Presented by Treehouse" touches the last 'e' of "Schedule", as apposed to a few pixels before, as shown in the video.

Does that help? :)

Claudio Gomes
Claudio Gomes
8,872 Points

explained. thanks.