Re: center <ol> in <div>


"David Dorward" <dorward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Shank wrote:

In the below, how do I get the <ol> block to center in the <div>?
I've tried: <ol style="text-align:left; margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto"> no luck!

That is centered, you just can't see it as it spans the entire width of
the
div as you haven't set a width on it.

http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/

I want the <ol> to remain left aligned, but the whole block centered on
the page.

So shouldn't you be centring the div then?


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David Dorward <http://blog.dorward.me.uk/> <http://dorward.me.uk/>
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I was not aware the <ol> spanned the whole distance. My goof! How do I set
the width of the <div> where it will accommodate changing widths in the
<ol>? I don't want the <ol> to wrap text onto next lines. I guess what I
need is a collapse attribute for the <div>.
thanks


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