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HTML

SeHyun Choi
SeHyun Choi
3,441 Points

How to put space between <li>

I gave background-color:#fff; for <li> tags. Instead of having one big blob of white I just want little gap between (vertical) <li>. margin-bottom:10px is not working.

3 Answers

Curtis Vanzandt
Curtis Vanzandt
9,165 Points

Instead of margin-bottom, try padding-bottom!

SeHyun Choi
SeHyun Choi
3,441 Points

Margin-bottom and padding-bottom both don't work for me.

Curtis Vanzandt
Curtis Vanzandt
9,165 Points

Can you post your code so we can better assist?

SeHyun Choi
SeHyun Choi
3,441 Points

Curtis you were right margin-bottom will make the gap. But when I do it on the specific css file for some reason it doesn't work...

  • { box-sizing:border-box;

}

body { background-color:#293859; color:#fff;

}

ul { list-style-type:none; padding:0; margin:0; }

h1 { margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; }

/Class Selector/

.main-header { text-align:center;

background-color:salmon;

}

.name, .main-nav li { margin-bottom:10px; padding:10px; }

.main-nav a { font-size:19px;

}

.name a, .main-nav a { color:#fff; padding:10px; display:block; }