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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Create a Horizontal List of Links

Matthew Clark
Matthew Clark
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Posted by Matthew Clark
Matthew Clark
7,255 Points

Task 1 of 4

I am quite confused on how to do this task. Below is the code I am trying to use.

nav ul { margin: 0 10px 0 10px; }

2 Answers

Jason Anello
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Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

I just pasted your css into the code challenge and it passes.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Maybe try refreshing the page.

Riley Hilliard
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Riley Hilliard
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Riley Hilliard
Riley Hilliard
Courses Plus Student 17,771 Points

While what you wrote will technically work, it can be refactored to be shorter. A hint would be to look at the repeating numbers you have, which are specifying the margin of each side: top, right, bottom, left. You can actually set all of these with just 2 sets of parameters. So it would look something more like this: 

    /* Your format */
    nav ul { margin: X X X X; }

    /* Correct (Refactored) Format */
    nav ul { margin: X X; }
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Riley,

You might want to update your example to use X and Y. It's impossible to know where the 0 and 10px would go for somebody that didn't already know about this.