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Breno Girafa
4,907 PointsAbout the 2.5% margin for the #gallery list items
Nick says that it will add 2.5% of margin space to both the left and right sides. But shouldn't it add 2.5% to both top and bottom as well since it's a short hand of the whole margin property (margin: top right bottom left;)?
4 Answers
Nick Pettit
Treehouse TeacherSorry, this was actually just slightly unclear wording. It will indeed add 2.5% margin to both the left and right sides. What I did not mention and probably should have, is that it will also add 2.5% margin to the top and bottom. The margins on the two sides are the more important part of the explanation though, so that's why I mentioned it.
Logan R
22,989 PointsYes, from what I saw, it should add 2.5% to top, bottom, left and right. You can easily solve this by doing:
margin: 0 2.5%;
This would be margin: top/bottom left/right;.
Breno Girafa
4,907 Pointssure sure. but my point is: why it didn't add 2,5% to top and bottom? It should right? He's declaring 2,5% to all sides but it didn't take effect on top and bottom.
Breno Girafa
4,907 PointsThanks Nick, that clarifies it all :)
and thanks L R for the quick response too.
now back to coding