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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Test: Styling by Element and Class

gene c
gene c
13,630 Points
Posted by gene c
gene c
13,630 Points

why does my red border stretch all the way to the right?

This is my code:

.main-pg { border: solid red 10px; }

The border doesn't just wrap around my paragraph nicely. It stretches all the way to the right so there's a lot of space inside that red rectangle

2 Answers

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi Eugene,

Dave is correct in what he is saying, the <p> tag is by default, a block level element. So the red border is illustrating how much space a block level element takes up by default.

If you added the code, display: inline-block; to the rule this would clearly show you the difference.

Hope this helps

Craig :)

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Could it be that a <p> - paragraph is a block-level element?