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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Center the Wrapper

Nelson Cole
Nelson Cole
1,423 Points
Posted by Nelson Cole
Nelson Cole
1,423 Points

background color problem

When i add the padding I lose the background color???

a { text-decoration:none; }

wrapper {

max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 5%: background: orange; }

1 Answer

Adam Bodie
Adam Bodie
34,341 Points
Adam Bodie
Adam Bodie
34,341 Points

The padding line in your CSS needs to end with a semi-colon, not a colon as you have it. It should look like this:

padding: 0 5%;

That will fix your code.

rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

Changed your post from a comment to an answer so that it may be voted on or marked as best.