Title: Content Padding
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Content Padding

 *  [tgone83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgone83/)
 * (@tgone83)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-padding/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m trying to figure out how to reduce the left and right padding on the default
   twenty twelve theme which I’m customizing. I’m talking about the space directly
   to the left and right of the page content (not the background). Here’s my site:
   [http://ecbiz122.inmotionhosting.com/~maddyw5/music/](http://ecbiz122.inmotionhosting.com/~maddyw5/music/)
 * I’ve using Firebug but I haven’t been able to find which class is controlling.
   I’ve tried dozens of them so far.
 * Any ideas?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-padding/#post-2831898)
 * That’s because it’s margins, not padding…
 * Look at #content margins — several places in style.css — right now it’s set at
   7.6%.
 *  [potentweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/potentweb/)
 * (@potentweb)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-padding/#post-2831903)
 * Use the console tool to manipulate the CSS.
 *  Thread Starter [tgone83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgone83/)
 * (@tgone83)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-padding/#post-2831905)
 * Thanks guys.
 * I found .singular **#content, .left-sidebar.singular #content** which controls
   the main content margins. Too bad there’s not a single class that adjusts the
   margins for every part of the template though (nav, footer etc) so they all line
   up. Looks like I’ll have to change quite a few classes which is a pain.
 * Which brings up a new issue: I’m using a child theme and thought any CSS declaration
   would override the default in twentytwelve. This isn’t the case with the above
   class though: it only works if I change the margin value in the original stylesheet.
   In other words, nothing happens if I define the new margins in a child theme.
 * Any ideas?

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 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [tgone83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tgone83/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content-padding/#post-2831905)
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