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

Posted by Pedro nieto Sanchez
Pedro nieto Sanchez
28,169 Points

What am I doing wrong?

wrapper {

max-width: 940px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }

css/main.css 
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
Pedro nieto Sanchez
Pedro nieto Sanchez
28,169 Points

The requirement is to center the element, but i get it wrong for some reason.

Pedro nieto Sanchez
Pedro nieto Sanchez
28,169 Points

The requirement is to center the element, but i get it wrong for some reason.

Pedro nieto Sanchez
Pedro nieto Sanchez
28,169 Points

The requirement is to center the element, but i get it wrong for some reason.

2 Answers

William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

and then center it on the page using the margin property.

Hi, there. The challenge is asking you to use of margin property ONLY; not margin-left or margin-right.

#wrapper {
   max-width: 940px;
   margin: 0 auto;
}
Pedro nieto Sanchez
Pedro nieto Sanchez
28,169 Points

Thanks William you are my angel. :)

Richard Nicholls
Richard Nicholls
1,301 Points
Richard Nicholls
Richard Nicholls
1,301 Points

you need to use margin 0 auto like this

wrapper {

max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; }