Anchor text does not wrap properly - css

I need the anchor text to wrap to the second line and still maintain the layout.
I have tried everything and I am not sure what I am doing wrong here.
Above is how I want it. My demo site where u can see the live layout : http://www.iamvishal.com/residen/?q=node/54
I have tried many variations
max-width
word-wrap
but nothing seems to work.

The strange wrapping is due to the use of padding on an inline element. You should either move the padding to the li elements instead of the anchors or change the anchors to display: block or display: inline-block.

I played arnd with your CSS on your website. This seems to do the trick. Do post your css and html on jsFiddle so we can better help you.
#navigation .links, #navigation .menu {
text-align: -moz-center;
}

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Why does nesting an inline within a block create a 1px gap at the bottom?

I have a simple structure
<nav>
<span>
A
B
C
<span>
<nav>
and I go Godzilla on the css, e.g.
margin:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:bottom; box-sizing:border-box;
But no matter what I try there is always this really cool 1px gap at the bottom of the element. Why is it there and how would you make it go away if you were me?
fiddle
One possible solution would be to make the <span> element inline-block. This will remove the gap
EXAMPLE HERE
nav > span {
display: inline-block;
}
Alternatively, a display of block works too. The point is that it is no longer a pure inline element.
I see what you mean, it does appear (on Firefox) without zooming in closely. I believe the problem is the default line-height given to text in browsers, which results in a bit of extra space between text lines.
With some experimentation, I found that adding these styles works:
nav {
font-size:16px; /* Default font size in Firefox, but specify just in case */
line-height:18px;
}
Here's an updated JSFiddle to demonstrate it. Seems to work properly in Firefox and Chrome. Let me know if you have any problems, though. Hope this helps!

How can I delete this "a" space under the images using CSS?

I'm trying to learn the basics in CSS but I still have some problems.
How can I hide this "a" space under the img?
I gave it a red background to make it easier to explain which part I'm talking about.
here is the problem:
http://jsfiddle.net/3c48P/7/
.feedEkList li a {
background: red;
}
This is the CSS but I cannot hide it (I want to keep the img of course)
Try display:block on image:
http://jsfiddle.net/3c48P/9/
.feedEkList li a img
{
display:block;
}
The issue is that your <a> and <img> are both inline elements so spaces are preserved during display.
However, you are treating them as block level elements and expect them to contain no such spaces.
The simplest (without going in-depth into other issues) is to make both the <a> tags and <img> tags display: block (although as salivan pointed out the img tag alone should be sufficient).
Just add this line display:block;. it will solve your problem because the img is shown in line by default
Add it in the css like this
img {
width:100%;
height: auto;
display: block;
}
img elements are "inline", just like text. This white space is the part of the line that holds the descending part of letters (for example j or g) and the vertical align of the image is set at the "baseline" of the line, where the bottom of most letters rest (abcd).
One option is, as pointed, display block in spite of it's default "inline" display. You can also avoid it changing the "vertical-align" to "bottom".

Simple spacing CSS

I have designed a navbar for my website; you can see it at http://jsfiddle.net/ToddStyles/D2tZH/.
What CSS I would use to change the spacing between them? I used an unordered list to make it and changed the display to inline.
When you are displaying elements inline, HTML will parse any whitespace as a spacebar character. So, you can either comment out the space between list items, i.e.:
<li>...</li><!--
--><li>...</li>
Or, display them as block level elements and float them:
ul {
overflow: hidden; /* To prevent collapse */
}
ul li {
display: block;
float: left;
}
With regards to the Fiddle you have posted, you have used the <img> tag incorrectly. It is self-closing, and it should not be used to nest anything.
p/s: And please, don't use link shortener just because SO prevents you from posting a Fiddle link due to a lack of code. The rule is there for a reason — providing us code gives your question context.
If you’re looking to increase the width, you can apply a left margin to consecutive <li>s easily:
#navbar li + li {
margin-left: 0.2em;
}
Here’s your fiddle back. I fixed it to use inline-block to make the layout break less when it inevitably wraps on a smaller screen. And do take into account that we can’t see images on your computer across the internet.

Non-clickable areas in multi-line HTMLanchors

Is it possible to prevent non-clickable area between lines in a multi-line html anchor tag? Here in this example I use line height 1.5 and you can't click between lines.
I know in html5 we can put block-level tags in anchor like <a><div>Link</div></a> but the problem is this part of content can be edited by users and I can't ask them to write their anchor links like this. Is it possible to fix this issue with css only?
CSS:
a {
line-height:1.5em;
}
HTML:
This is a <br> multiline anchor
<br><br><br>
This is a very long anchor displayed as a multiline anchor without BR
DEMO:
http://jsfiddle.net/ergec/F52uY/2/
You can set display: inline-block; or display: block to a, and then it will be clickable.
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/RMXfc/
Or you can increase padding and set negative margin at the same time. This will reduce gap.
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/693z4/
If you give your anchor tags a display: block; you will have a solid clickable area.
a {
line-height:1.5em;
display: block;
}
JSFIDDLE
One problem with display: block; is without a specified width, then entire 100% width is clickable.
The only way to approximate it without messing with the rest of the layout of your text (including the surrounding text of the link) is to add some top/bottom paddings to these links..
So adding padding:3px 0; to your code would fix the issue.
(it will require adjusting, though, in relation to your font-size and line-height)
Demo at http://jsfiddle.net/F52uY/7/

Targeting the ahref by clicking the padding

Newbie question here. I have a navigation bar with padding in all of my li's, and I want to be able to target the ahref when you click in the padding. Would this be done with onclick/javascript for each li? or is there a simple CSS method?
Also I have a search bar, that I want to focus by clicking on it's padding as well. I assume this would require a similar method.
First, you must set display:inline-block as a property for your links. Then, remove the padding from your list-item and apply it to the links.
Your CSS should reflect the following:
li a {
display: inline-block;
padding: 10px;
}
Here's a fiddle for a working example.
maybe you could specify:
li.someclass a {
display: inline-block; //or display:block;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
(remember to specify width/height of parent container aswell)
not sure if i got you right though
Set the padding to the anchor instead of to the li.
See http://jsfiddle.net/FBsKH/ and compare.
About the search bar, can you post some code?
If I add padding to a <input type="text" /> and I click it on it's padding, it gets focus (tested on Firefox and Chrome). See it here: http://jsfiddle.net/fnsRu/
Edit:
Ah, now I understand what you want with the search bar.
The problem is that AFAIK with CSS you can't set focus to an element.
Then, you can:
Remove paddings: http://jsfiddle.net/fnsRu/3/
Use JavaScript: http://jsfiddle.net/fnsRu/4/

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