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Adding margins to container when centered


vchris

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I have this code for my container

#container { width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; }

So basically I have a centered container on my page which I want to add some margins into it so the text is not right against the borders.I tried with padding but this creates spaces outside the container and I no longer have my width of 600px. If I try margins then the container is no longer centered and is placed depending on the margins I specified. I don't understand why it's not working, I've done it before.Thanks for the help.

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Have your tried adding a span's for your text? You can have your container with your styling, but you can also have your text with it's own styling... something like this:html:

<div id="container"><span>Text Here</span></div>

css:

#container { width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; }#container span {padding: 3px;}

Maybe?

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So it's not just for one container I'm assuming then. Well, that's really all I can come up with. Perhaps someone else can give you a better suggestion then. :)

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