Tutorial 6 - Floating inline list items

Step 7 - Add padding to the "a" state

To make each list item into a box, we need to add padding to the "a" state. In this case we are using a shorthand rule. The padding is set to 0.2em for the top and bottom and 1em for the left and right.

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CSS CODE
ul#navlist
{
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}

ul#navlist li { display: inline; }

ul#navlist li a
{
float: left;
width: 5em;
color: #fff;
background-color: #036;
padding: 0.2em 1em;
}

HTML CODE
<ul id="navlist">
<li><a href="#">Item one</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item two</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item three</a></li>
</ul>
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