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I am trying to make a navigation bar using a list. Since a list is indented by default, I can't seem to get my list all the way to the left. I have looked at examples of this, but am not sure how they are doing it. Below is what I have
<html>
<head>
<title>test4</title>
<style type="text/css">
ul { list-style-type: none;
float: left; }
li { display: inline;
padding: 2px;
border-style: solid;
border-left-width: 0px;
border-top-width: 1px;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-right-width: 1px;}
li.first { border-left-width: 1px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li class="first">first</li><li>second</li><li>third</li><li>fourth</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html> In a perfect world exceptions would not be needed.
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Originally Posted by shanenin 
I am trying to make a navigation bar using a list. Since a list is indented by default, I can't seem to get my list all the way to the left. I have looked at examples of this, but am not sure how they are doing it. Below is what I have
<html> <head> <title>test4</title> <style type="text/css"> ul { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; float: left; } li { display: inline; padding: 2px; border-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px;} li.first { border-left-width: 1px; } </style> </head> <body> <ul> <li class="first">first</li><li>second</li><li>third</li><li>fourth</li> </ul> </body> </html>
<!-- set ul margin to 0 -->
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I tried that, but does not seem to have any effect. I still am about 6 characters from the left margin.
In a perfect world exceptions would not be needed.
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When dealing with "spacing" issues in CSS, always check to ensure that both the margin and the padding properties are properly set for all elements, including all parent/container objects and so on all the way up the tree. In fact, it's best to set margin and padding both to "0" to establish a baseline or "natural" position for everything, and then adjust as needed.
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You can always set margin-left for the UL to a negative value... around -40 does it for FireFox. Use JavaScript to vary the margin-left when a user runs IE/FF and that actually makes a solution.
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Thanks for the help. I did not even think to check the padding property.
In a perfect world exceptions would not be needed.
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be careful with margin and padding property and try with different browsers.
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