Title: Issue with left margin
Last modified: May 17, 2017

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# Issue with left margin

 *  Resolved [ericbinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericbinder/)
 * (@ericbinder)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-left-margin/)
 * Hi,
 * I am loving the plugin so far, but I am having a huge issue with the left margin.
   I have the menu sitting inside a full-width container, and yet the text inside
   the menu is not flush with the left side of the page. It doesn’t appear to even
   sit flush with the left side of the column. I have no menu images, nor do I intend
   to use any. The menu sits flush with the right side of the page, as it should,
   but the left has a margin that I want to get rid of or at least have some kind
   of control over. It is especially problematic when viewing the menu on a mobile
   device because the menu looks off-center and very sloppy. I’ve tried using a 
   few of the css codes offered in various threads within this support page but 
   to no avail, and I’ve also attempted looking within the css that comes with the
   plugin and I can’t seem to figure out what’s causing that gap. I know it doesn’t
   have anything to do with my theme’s templates because I don’t have this issue
   anywhere else on the site. Any help you can offer would be great.
 * Thanks,
 * Eric

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 *  Thread Starter [ericbinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericbinder/)
 * (@ericbinder)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-left-margin/#post-9139245)
 * The site is currently unpublished so I can’t give you a link, but I took a screenshot
   of what’s happening so you can see what I’m talking about. You can see the background
   extends all the way left, but the menu itself does not.
 * ![Screenshot](https://i0.wp.com/69.89.31.100/~angelisc/wp-content/uploads/2017/
   05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-16-at-10.58.17-PM.png)
    -  This reply was modified 9 years ago by [ericbinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericbinder/).
 *  [NateWr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natewr/)
 * (@natewr)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-left-margin/#post-9139805)
 * Hi [@ericbinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericbinder/),
 * This is probably related to padding or margins your theme is setting on `<ul>`
   or `<li>` elements. I try to override these in the plugin, but because there 
   are so many different ways it can be added, I can’t catch all the possibilities.
 * Unfortunately, there isn’t much I can do to help without seeing the site. I’d
   encourage you to use your browser’s developer tools. They will allow you to select
   each HTML element in the site, and will show you the styles that are applied 
   to that element.
 * This guide on Chrome’s dev tools looks like it will be useful if you’re not familiar
   with using these:
 * [https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/inspect-styles/](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/inspect-styles/)
 * Most browsers have an equivalent.
 *  Thread Starter [ericbinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericbinder/)
 * (@ericbinder)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-left-margin/#post-9143536)
 * I will give that a shot and see what I can find. Worst case scenario, if I can’t
   fix it, I’ll let you know when the site goes live and have you take a peek. Hopefully
   it won’t come to that, though. Thanks for the quick response!
 *  Thread Starter [ericbinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericbinder/)
 * (@ericbinder)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-left-margin/#post-9143553)
 * That didn’t take long! Using Chrome’s dev tools, which I somehow never knew existed,
   were a God-send. It took me all of 10 minutes to find the problem! It is a ul
   issue with the template, just like you said, buried deep inside a css file that
   I would never have thought to look at. Thank you so much for your help, I really
   appreciate it!
 *  [NateWr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natewr/)
 * (@natewr)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-left-margin/#post-9144074)
 * Great! Yeah, the dev tools are a real eye-opener once you find them. 🙂

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## Tags

 * [margin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/margin/)
 * [mobile](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mobile/)
 * [padding](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/padding/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [NateWr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natewr/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-with-left-margin/#post-9144074)
 * Status: resolved