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

Posted by Maxim Markov
Maxim Markov
4,330 Points

Trouble with max-width

This is the code I'm using in a code challenge to set the max width to 940 pixels and center it using the margin property. I got an error saying: "Check the max width value". Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

3 Answers

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

Maxim Markov Your code is correct, try refreshing the browser sometimes they can lose the connection to the code engine and all sorts of crazy stuff can happen. :)

Rose Hurst
Rose Hurst
5,658 Points
Rose Hurst
Rose Hurst
5,658 Points

Wrapper is a class so it would need 

.wrapper { }

Ugh, my apologies. I've forgotten if it was used as a class. I'd have to go back and take a look again at that challenge.

Maxim Markov
Maxim Markov
4,330 Points

I'm sorry, wrapper is actually an ID. I had #wrapper in my code, but just failed to copy and paste correctly.

Arnaud Kamtcheu
Arnaud Kamtcheu
2,181 Points
Arnaud Kamtcheu
Arnaud Kamtcheu
2,181 Points

Hello, for the same challenge i noticed that if you put a space beween the property margin and the folowing colon ( : ) the compiler see this as an error. I think there is something wrong with the way that challenge is corrected.