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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Ariana

how do i make a card stay in the center

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You can use the margin: auto; property with a fixed width in either CSS or HTML to make sure your card stays centered on the page. Here is an example:

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.card { width: 500px; margin: auto; }

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Donya

How to center an img with css?

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You can center an img with css using the margin: auto command.

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img { display: block; margin: auto; }

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Isabel

What is root in CSS?

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In CSS, the "root" keyword is an alias for the document's root element, which is usually the <html> element. It can be used to set positioning on the document as a whole, instead of on individual elements. For example:

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:root { background-color: white; margin: 0; padding: 0; }

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Sanaz

how to move a list to center

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ul { margin: 0 auto; }

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Onyeka Glory

How can I center a container with CSS

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You can center a container with CSS by setting the position of the element to relative and setting the left and right css properties to auto and margin to auto.

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container { position: relative; left: auto; right: auto; margin: auto; }

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How to put space between list items

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You can use the margin property to create space between list items. This can be done by adding margin-bottom to the list items to add vertical spacing and using margin-right to add horizontal spacing.

For example, adding this to a <ul> element would add vertical space of 5px between each item:

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ul { list-style: none; } ul li { margin-bottom: 5px; }

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by kimberly

I have the margin for the list set at 0% auto and display: block, but the list still isn't centered.

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This usually means there is some kind of padding or alignment applied to the inner elements of the list that is causing the it to be horizontally offset. You may have to adjust the properties of the individual elements or the list element itself to center it. For example, you could try setting the padding and/or text-align properties to 0 on the list element. You could also try setting the margin to 0 auto and display: flex, to employ flexbox centering.

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.list-element { margin: 0 auto; display: flex; padding: 0; text-align: 0; }

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What's the difference between margin and padding?

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The difference between margin and padding is that margin applies to the outside of an element and padding applies to the inside of an element. Margin is the amount of space between your element and any other elements, while padding is the amount of space between the edges of your element and any content within it.

For example, if you have an element such as a

and you want to add some space around it, you can do so by adding a margin to it. Then, if you want to add some space within the
to separate the content, you can do it by padding it.

Here is a visual example of the difference between padding and margin:

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by kimberly

How do I move a button to the center using CSS?

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You can center a button by adding the following CSS to the button:

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button { display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }

See this article for more information.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Amanda

The horizontal line I've coded does not line up with the left margin like the rest of the information does. How can I fix this?

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Try adjusting your padding, margin, and/or border settings. Depending on the language you are using, different properties may be applicable. This CSS Tricks article on horizontal alignment provides an overview of how to horizontally align different elements in CSS.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Marie-Ange

how to center a div in a div?

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You can center the inner div inside another div using the margin property with CSS. By setting margin: auto to the inner div, the div will be centered in its parent div. Here's an example showing how to do this:

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.parent-div { width: 600px; background-color: darkblue; } .child-div { margin: auto; width: 290px; background-color: skyblue; }

For more information, you can refer to the CSS-Tricks article on centering.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Melany

how do I add more space at the top

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This question depends on the type of document, technology, or program you are using. Generally, when creating documents or webpages, adding space at the top can be accomplished by changing the margin or padding for the element.

For example, in HTML and CSS, you would assign the margin-top or padding-top attributes to the according elements.

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div { margin-top: 20px; }

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<div style="margin-top: 20px;"> </div>

For other types of document or program, please refer to their specific documentation.

References:

[1]MDN Web Docs: CSS - margin-top [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/margin-top]

[2] W3Schools - HTML Style Attribute [https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_syntax.asp]

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Andrea

How do I add margin to CSS

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The margin property in CSS is used to create space around elements and by using it you can control how much space appears outside each side, top, bottom and left of an element. To add margin, you can use the margin shorthand property in your CSS code.

For example, to give an element a total margin of 25 pixels on the top, right, bottom and left, you can use the margin shorthand property like this:

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margin: 25px;

Alternatively, you can use a specific side property to set the margin - such as margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, and margin-left. For example, to add a 25 pixel top margin and 20 pixel left, right and bottom margin, you can use the following CSS code:

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margin-top: 25px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px;

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Anika

why will my ul not center?

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There could be several reasons why your ul element is not being centered. One common reason is failing to specify a proper width to the ul element. In order to center an ul, you must set a width and then use the CSS margin: auto property. You can also use Flexbox to center the ul. For example, in your CSS file, you can add the following code:

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ul{ display: flex; justify-content: center; }

More info on how to center an ul can be found at this link.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Irene

why is the spacing between div.row and div.col not working

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It's likely that the padding or margin values on one or both of the elements is to blame. An easy way to check for this is by using the Developer Tools in the web browser you're using. To access these tools, you can press F12 or right click on the page and select 'Inspect'. After finding the divs with the row and col class names, you can look at the applied styling and determine whether the padding or margin values are set to 0px or some other value.

If the padding/margin elements are set to 0px, then you may also want to try applying the box-sizing property to both elements with the value set to border-box. This will include the padding and border values in the width and height of the elements instead of the default behavior which adds it to the overall width and height.

Example code:

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div.row, div.col { box-sizing: border-box; }

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Lisette

how to center a div

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To center a div with CSS, set the element's margin to auto and the width to a fixed pixel or percentage value. The element will then take up the specified width, and the remaining space will be split equally between the left and right margins.

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div { margin: auto; width: 300px; }

For more information, check out this W3 Schools article.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Daniela

How to add space between rows?

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In HTML, you can add space between rows using the <br> tag. For example, to add a line break between two rows, you can use the following code:

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<div> Row 1 <br> Row 2 </div>

For CSS, the margin-bottom attribute allows you to add space between rows. The following code shows an example of adding 10px of space between two rows:

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div:nth-of-type(1) { margin-bottom: 10px; }

You can read more about using margin-bottom to add space between rows in CSS on W3Schools.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Olivia

how to center a footer in CSS

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To center a footer in CSS, you can use text-align: center; in the footer's <div> block, like this:

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.footer { text-align: center; }

You can also use margin: auto 0; to accomplish the same, like this:

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.footer { width: 100%; margin: auto 0; }

For more information on centering with CSS, you can read this article.

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Esther

How do I center a div

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In HTML, using the <div> tag, you can use the style attribute to center an element. To center a <div> element, use the following CSS:

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div { margin: 0 auto; width: 50%; }

In the example above, the div's margins will be set to 0 auto, and the width will be set to 50%. More information on centering with CSS can be found here.

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How to add margin in CSS?

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CSS provides different properties for setting the margins of an element. To add a margin to an element, use the following property:

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margin: 10px;

This will give each side of the element 10px margin. You can also easily specify different margins for the top, right, bottom and left side of an element. For example,

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margin: 10px 30px 20px 5px;

The above code will give the element a margin of 10px on the top, 30px on the right, 20px on the bottom and 5px on the left.

More information and additional properties can be found here: MDN Documentation.

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I am adding media queries so that all my content fits in devices that are max-width 390px but at the bottom of the footer there is a tiny gap

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You might need to add some margin or padding to your footer to account for this. For example, you can find the footer element in your HTML and add padding-bottom in your CSS file like this:

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footer { padding-bottom: 10px; }

If you are also adding media queries, you may also need to adjust the margin or padding in the media query so that it is consistent across all devices:

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@media (max-width: 390px) { footer { padding-bottom: 10px; } }

That should be enough to account for the gap at the bottom of the footer. Read more about media queries. Good luck!

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there is a tiny gap on the right hand side of my footer, How to get rid of it

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In order to get rid of the tiny gap on the right hand side of your footer, you need to adjust the width of the container containing your footer elements. For example, if you are using HTML and CSS, you need to set the width of the <div> element containing your footer elements to 100% instead of leaving it to an auto calculated value.

Additionally, you can reduce the overall width of your footer elements by overriding attributes such as: margin, padding, and border-width. Here is an example of what this could look like in HTML and CSS:

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div#myDiv { width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-width: 0; }

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Asked over 2 years ago in CSS by MΓ³nica

what's the difference between margin and padding?

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The difference between margin and padding is that margin is the space outside of a box-like element, such as a <div>, while padding is the space inside of a box-like element.

Margin defines the space between the box-like element and anything outside of it, such as other elements within the same page, or the edge of the page/window itself. Padding defines the space between the outer edges of a box-like element and its content, such as text or images.

For example, in CSS a box-like element can be styled like this:

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div { margin: 10px 20px 30px 40px; /* Top Right Bottom Left */ padding: 10px 20px 30px 40px; /* Top Right Bottom Left */ }

This will cause the element to have 10px of top margin, 20px of right margin, 30px of bottom margin, and 40px of left margin, and 10px of top padding, 20px of right padding, 30px of bottom padding and 40px of left padding.

For more information, refer to this article.

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