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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Display Modes Block vs. Inline Elements

Posted by Glen Thompson
Glen Thompson
2,077 Points

li style not working

I am tried in Chrome and IE 11

Glen Thompson
Glen Thompson
2,077 Points

Note if I use it directly on the ul element in the html it works, i.e. <ul style="...">...</ul> but in css file it does not work. Also the padding and margin does not work either.

2 Answers

Keith Kelly
Keith Kelly
21,326 Points
Keith Kelly
Keith Kelly
21,326 Points

Glen, can you post your css and html code so we can diagnose?

Glen Thompson
Glen Thompson
2,077 Points

It is exactly as in the video, I downloaded normal.css and added ol, ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }

Keith Kelly
Keith Kelly
21,326 Points
Keith Kelly
Keith Kelly
21,326 Points

That is the proper way to style your list elements. They are applied to the parent ordered or unordered list.

If you want to add a padding or margin to the list item try:

ul li {
     padding: 10px;  // Whatever value you want
     margin: 10px;  // Whatever value you want
}