Line in Entries

[aldro]

I sometimes post a line (code is <hr>) in my entries to seperate topics and I noticed that the line doesn't spread out over the entire lenght of my entry holder, like it should and does in some of my friend's posts. I don't know if that's due to some code in my CSS or if there's another reason for this. However, I would like to change it. Does anybody know how?

P.S. I don't have an example image, but I can make one if necessary. Thanks in advance!

Comments

[zvi]

?? Block elements have margins. What are you talking about?

[adalger]

Here's a reference. And another. Although I suppose it's open to interpretation, as the standard only lists block as a typical default display property, so "by definition" may have been an erroneous characterization.

At any rate, I was unable to persuade an hr element to allow any content to its left or right by putting { display:inline; } in its styling, but that may be peculiar to IE7. I'll try later when I have access to Chrome.

[zvi]

Yesss, but I think the op's issue was with the margin amounts, not defining a block element as a block element.

[adalger]

Oh! I think I see what happened. My brain often just assumes that the context I'm thinking when I write something should be magically obvious to everyone in the universe everywhere, and I responded to just the bit about what display:block does. Without, of course, providing any indication at all that I was talking about just that. So, yes, of course, you're absolutely correct; block elements have margins, and the css blnchflr provided very nicely corrects the op's issue. But because my brain insists on believing my context is the only one that exists, I didn't even make the connection when you EXPLICITLY MENTIONED MARGINS that you were taking my comment as attaching to a different part of the parent comment than the part I intended.