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Kirt Perez
7,374 Points
I still don't understand what's being said here

Posted October 21, 2020 8:36am by Kirt Perez

Kirt Perez
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ja5on
10,339 Points
Different browsers and different effects and different css pages.

Posted July 12, 2020 11:15am by ja5on

ja5on
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Chantal Baxter
2,003 Points
Navigation not showing in Workspace

Posted April 27, 2020 5:40am by Chantal Baxter

Chantal Baxter
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Changjoon Song
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 8,092 Points
I'm not seeing /*---- Layout Containers ----*/ on my Workspace..

Posted July 7, 2019 10:59pm by Changjoon Song

Changjoon Song
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 8,092 Points
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Victor Mercier
14,668 Points
Vertical Margin Collapsing

Posted May 20, 2019 2:37pm by Victor Mercier

Victor Mercier
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vamosrope14
14,932 Points
Should the heading margin be interfering with the bottom margin edge of the body?

Posted May 14, 2019 2:17pm by vamosrope14

vamosrope14
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vamosrope14
14,932 Points
So do some block elements come predefined with certain margins and paddings already applied to them?

Posted May 13, 2019 6:55pm by vamosrope14

vamosrope14
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kevin hudson
Courses Plus Student 11,987 Points
Does anyone have issues with the workspace not loading for them?

Posted December 19, 2018 9:34pm by kevin hudson

kevin hudson
Courses Plus Student 11,987 Points
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Peter Retvari
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 8,392 Points
Tested the DIV margin collapse at the end

Posted September 3, 2018 9:07am by Peter Retvari

Peter Retvari
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 8,392 Points
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Erick Martinez
2,894 Points
I had to get rid of margin: 0.67em 0; in normalize.css in to get rid of the top margin in h1

Posted May 29, 2018 4:37am by Erick Martinez

Erick Martinez
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Luqman Shah
3,016 Points
Ok so let me get this straight... "Why vertical margins collapse"

Posted November 30, 2017 11:19pm by Luqman Shah

Luqman Shah
3,016 Points
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Saqib Ishfaq
13,912 Points
why can't i just set the margin:0; instead of adding padding in header then setting the margin to 0 again?

Posted November 2, 2017 1:49pm by Saqib Ishfaq

Saqib Ishfaq
13,912 Points
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mohamedhalabi
1,968 Points
long story short- Please correct me if im wrong !

Posted September 26, 2017 7:58am by mohamedhalabi

mohamedhalabi
1,968 Points
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Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 Points
h1 default margin

Posted September 24, 2017 6:40am by Aakash Srivastav

Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 Points
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J Tan
11,847 Points
Why adding padding to only .main-header fixes collapse?

Posted July 29, 2017 6:41pm by J Tan

J Tan
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jlampstack
23,932 Points
Why would normalize add a margin to h1 in the first place?

Posted July 2, 2017 1:46pm by jlampstack

jlampstack
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Katsumi Suno
4,194 Points
Is there a logical reason behind collapsing margins?

Posted June 29, 2017 3:35pm by Katsumi Suno

Katsumi Suno
4,194 Points
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Bei Zhang
Courses Plus Student 7,113 Points
i checked the vertical elements, there is no larger part can collapse. could you kindly help me to check?

Posted April 20, 2017 10:00am by Bei Zhang

Bei Zhang
Courses Plus Student 7,113 Points
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KT Lin
276 Points
normalize.css v6.0.0 doesn't set body to margin 0, the method suggested to resolve Margin Collapsing doesn't work

Posted April 4, 2017 3:24pm by KT Lin

KT Lin
276 Points
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Sage Savage
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,960 Points
Header and Footer collapsing?

Posted March 26, 2017 12:15am by Sage Savage

Sage Savage
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,960 Points
2 Answers
nathanielcusano
9,808 Points
Can't make heads or tails of what he's talking about. Is there a way he can point with a ruler at what he is referring?

Posted March 2, 2017 3:03am by nathanielcusano

nathanielcusano
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Joseph Carrillo
2,137 Points
vertical margin preference?

Posted February 27, 2017 5:51pm by Joseph Carrillo

Joseph Carrillo
2,137 Points
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Juan David Hernandez
7,415 Points
Positive and negative margins

Posted January 11, 2017 1:20am by Juan David Hernandez

Juan David Hernandez
7,415 Points
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Arikaturika Tumojenko
8,897 Points
Different selectors to style h1. Any reason for that?

Posted July 11, 2016 6:53am by Arikaturika Tumojenko

Arikaturika Tumojenko
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abdirahman liban
Courses Plus Student 2,163 Points
about vertical margin collapse

Posted December 31, 2015 5:48pm by abdirahman liban

abdirahman liban
Courses Plus Student 2,163 Points
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abdirahman liban
Courses Plus Student 2,163 Points
margin and padding confusion

Posted December 31, 2015 5:44pm by abdirahman liban

abdirahman liban
Courses Plus Student 2,163 Points
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Dan Oswalt
23,438 Points
What is the purpose of collapsing vertical margins?

Posted November 10, 2015 4:42pm by Dan Oswalt

Dan Oswalt
23,438 Points
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