Hi Bob
* margin:0; padding:0 removes the margin and padding from EVERYTHING.
You then have to declare your margins and padding on every element or there
will be none.
Personally, I don't want to worry about forgetting the padding on an input
or the margin on a checkbox or forgetting to reset the indentation on a
blockquote.
So, I zero out the items I use regularly, leave the items I'm ok with, and
worry about the infrequent elements when I come across them. This keeps me
from wondering, now why isn't my blockquote getting indented? Why does the
text look so cramped in my inputs?
Ted
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Hi Ted,
What's the difference between what you do and * {margin: 0; padding: 0;}?
Serious question - I do the latter, and so I need to know if I'm missing
out somewhere.
Thanks,
Bob McClelland,
www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk
Drake, Ted C. wrote:
>I've been adding this to the top of my style sheets:
>html, body, div, h1, h2, h3, h4, ul, li, dl, dt, dd, ol, form {margin: 0;
>padding: 0;}
>
>I like to reset the major elements and then set new margins and paddings on
>the specific elements when needed. This also gets rid of the repetitive
>margin:0; padding:0; declarations.
>
>This is not unique to me. Others have done more extensive reset commands.
>
>Ted
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