Is resetting page margins/padding a good idea
The first thing I do when writing css for a website is add the following code to reset all margins and padding for cross browser compatibility
*{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}Is this always a good idea to do or is it sometimes better to keep browsers operating with their defaults. If so, why would this be beneficial?
jesse1 posted this at 11:19 — 5th April 2007.
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This helps some of my sites a lot, especially if I am using a 100% width table and want to have the table right up against the left hand side of the page.
Not sure if it is always neccessary...Just depends on how you want your website to look.
Personally I like using these attributes.
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Megan posted this at 13:46 — 5th April 2007.
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But then you have to go and reset all the margins and padding on everything! So there's a trade-off. Sometimes the defaults can be really annoying (such as in the case of lists), sometimes they're good enough spacing for basic elements (such as paragraphs and headings). I usually just make some adjustments to the defaults for commone elements. Thats' worked well so far for me but it does get a bit messy sometime. I don't consider myself to be a total control freak though!
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pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 17:06 — 5th April 2007.
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Yes, it might be annoying at first, but you can write up a basic CSS sheet that overrides all defaults and use it for everything. Do it once and be cross-browser compatible (or at least one step closer) forever.
demonhale posted this at 05:11 — 6th April 2007.
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I usually apply reset margins and paddings on nested elements...
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