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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Adding a Style to several Elements using Class

Posted by Dena Harris
Dena Harris
619 Points

How do I add padding and margin to css file?

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>List Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <a class="social-links" href="#">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
    <a class="social-links" href="#">Send me an Email!</a>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.social-links 15px padding: 10px margin {   
}

1 Answer

Victor Mercier
Victor Mercier
14,667 Points

Hi Dena, to add margin and padding to a CSS file you do the following:

selector{//Use a selector to target element property:value; } So if you want to add padding in your links, do the following: `` .social-links {
padding:15px; margin:15px; }

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