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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Style the Basic Elements

Posted by Patrick Villano
Patrick Villano
2,420 Points

Having trouble with "Select the ID wrapper, set it to a max width of 940 pixels, and then center on page using margins"

No matter what i put in for this, it doesnt' work. I thought it should be:

wrapper {

max-width:  940px;
margin:  0  auto;
padding:  0.5%;

}

3 Answers

Patrick Villano
Patrick Villano
2,420 Points
Patrick Villano
Patrick Villano
2,420 Points

wrapper {

max-width:  940px;
margin:  0  auto;
padding:  0.5%;

}

Ethan Weeks
Ethan Weeks
15,352 Points
Ethan Weeks
Ethan Weeks
15,352 Points 
#wrapper {
max-width:  940px;
margin: 0 auto;
}

I think that your padding property is what is throwing you off. Try without it.

Patrick Villano
Patrick Villano
2,420 Points
Patrick Villano
Patrick Villano
2,420 Points

Hi Ethan. Thanks for responding. I figured out what it was. "padding: 0 5%"

wrapper {

max-width:  940px;
margin:  0  auto;
padding:  0  5%;

}