How can I align a list item imbedded in another list?-CodePudding

I am trying to make a dropdown menu at the top of my page; however, I am unable to properly align the edges of the two list item elements.

Picture of the problem:

This is my code:

@font-face {
  font-family: "Chivo Mono";
  src: url("Resource/Fonts/ChivoMono-Black.ttf") format("ttf");
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';
  color: #777;
}

html,
body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.emails {
  height: 100px;
  width: 250px;
}

.nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

.header {
  background-color: #A7C7E7;
  background-size: cover;
  padding-bottom: 40px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.nav a {
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 1em;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.nav a:hover {
  background-color: rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
}

.main-nav {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 1.7em;
  border-bottom: 3px solid rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
}

.main-nav li {
  padding: 0 5%;
}

.page-name {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 4em;
  font-family: "Chivo Mono";
  font-weight: normal;
  color: rgba(255, 150, 150, 1);
}

.footer {
  background-color: #A7C7E7;
  margin: 50px 0px;
  padding: 50px 0px;
  border: white;
}

.footer h1 {
  padding: 0px 0px;
}

.footer textarea {
  margin-top: 2em;
  width: 400px;
  height: 200px;
}

.body-text {
  max-width: 900px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 1.5em;
}

.footer {
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 10em;
  margin-bottom: 0em;
}

body {
  min-height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.email-button {
  padding: 1em;
}

.article-title h2 {
  text-align: center;
  color: Black;
}

.coming-soon {
  color: white;
}

.nav li {
  color: white;
}

.email-button button {
  background-color: rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
  color: white;
  padding: 7px 20px;
  font-size: 1.3em;
  border-radius: 10px;
  border: 0px;
  transition-duration: 0.9s;
}

.button:hover {
  background-color: white;
  color: #A7C7E7;
}

.dropdown ul li a {
  font-size: .6em;
}

.dropdown ul a {
  display: inline-block;
  background-color: rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
  text-align: center;
}

p {
  text-align: center;
}

<header >
  <nav >
    <ul>
      <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
      <li ><a>Rules</a>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="gunlawramble.html">Bus</a></li>
        </ul>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
  <div>
    <h1 >About</h1>
  </div>
</header>
<section >
  <div>
    <p text>To be writen...
      <p>
  </div>
</section>

I have tried messing with the paddings and margins, as well as display types.

CodePudding user response：

Try to adjust it with position as below:

nav .dropdown {
  position: relative;
}
nav .dropdown ul {
  position: absolute;
}
nav > ul .dropdown > ul, nav > ul .dropdown > ul li{
  padding-left:0;
}

Here is the doc for position if you want to know more.

DEMO

@font-face { 
  font-family: "Chivo Mono";
  src: url("Resource/Fonts/ChivoMono-Black.ttf") format("ttf");
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
} 

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';
  color: #777;
}

html,
body {
  margin: 0;
  padding:0;
}

p {
  text-align:center;
}

.emails {
  height:100px;
  width:250px;
}

.nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

.header {
  background-color:#A7C7E7;
  background-size: cover;
  padding-bottom: 40px;
  margin-bottom: 20px
}

.nav a {
  display: inline-block;
  padding:1em;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.nav a:hover {
  background-color: rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
}

.main-nav {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 1.7em;
  border-bottom: 3px solid rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
}

.main-nav li {
  padding: 0 5%;
}

.page-name {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 4em;
  font-family: "Chivo Mono";
  font-weight: normal;
  color: rgba(255, 150, 150, 1);
}

.footer {
  background-color: #A7C7E7;
  margin: 50px 0px;
  padding: 50px 0px;
  border: white;
}
.footer h1  {
    padding: 0px 0px;
}

.footer textarea {
  margin-top: 2em;
  width: 400px;
  height: 200px;
}

.body-text {
  max-width: 900px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 1.5em;
}

.footer {
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 10em;
  margin-bottom: 0em;
}

body {
  min-height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.email-button {
  padding: 1em;
}

.article-title h2 {
  text-align: center;
  color: Black;
}

.coming-soon {
  color: white;
}

.nav li {
  color: white;
}

.email-button button {
  background-color: rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
  color: white;
  padding: 7px 20px;
  font-size: 1.3em;
  border-radius: 10px;
  border: 0px;
  transition-duration: 0.9s;  
}

.button:hover {
  background-color: white;
  color: #A7C7E7;
}

.dropdown ul li a {
  font-size: .6em;

}

.dropdown ul a{
  display: inline-block;
  background-color: rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
  text-align: center;
}
nav .dropdown {
  position: relative;
}
nav > ul .dropdown > ul {
  position: absolute;
}
nav > ul .dropdown > ul,
nav > ul .dropdown > ul li{
  padding-left:0;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="zuckymuckyboi" />
    <title>Home</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="Resources\styles.css">
    <style></style>
</head>
<body>
    <header >
        <nav >
            <ul>
                <li><a href= "index.html">Home</a></li>
                <li ><a>Rules</a>
                    <ul>
                        <li><a href= "gunlawramble.html">Bus</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
            </ul>
        </nav>
        <div>
            <h1 >About</h1>
        </div>
    </header>
    <section >
        <div>
            <p text>To be writen...<p>
        </div>
    </section>
</body>

CodePudding user response：

This is really just a hack to get what you are trying to do:

<li style="padding-right:119px;"><a href= "gunlawramble.html">Bus</a></li>

Using inline css styling you can add a padding to the specific element you want to adjust.

In this case, you can see padding-right:119px aligns the elements to the left side.

If you want the elements to align on the opposite side, you can similarly use padding-left and adjust in the same manner.

@font-face { 
    font-family: "Chivo Mono";
    src: url("Resource/Fonts/ChivoMono-Black.ttf") format("ttf");
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
} 

* {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';
    color: #777;
}

html, body {
    margin: 0;
    padding:0;
}


.emails {
    height:100px; width:250px;
}

.nav li {
    display: inline-block;
}

.header {
    background-color:#A7C7E7;
    background-size: cover;
    padding-bottom: 40px;
    margin-bottom: 20px
}

.nav a {
    display: inline-block;
    padding:1em;
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
    
}

.nav a:hover {
    background-color: rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
}

.main-nav {
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 1.7em;
    border-bottom: 3px solid rgba(255, 150, 190, 1)
}

.main-nav li {
    padding: 0 5%;
}

.page-name {
    text-align: center;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: 4em;
    font-family: "Chivo Mono";
    font-weight: normal;
    color: rgba(255, 150, 150, 1);
}

.footer {
    background-color: #A7C7E7;
    margin: 50px 0px;
    padding: 50px 0px;
    border: white;
}
.footer h1  {
    padding: 0px 0px
}

.footer textarea {
    margin-top: 2em;
    width: 400px;
    height: 200px;
}

.body-text {
    max-width: 900px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 1.5em
}

.footer {
    text-align: center;
    margin-top: 10em;
    margin-bottom: 0em;
}

body {
    min-height: 100vh;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
}

.email-button {
    padding: 1em;
}

.article-title h2 {
    text-align: center;
    color: Black;
}

.coming-soon {
    color: white;
}

.nav li {
    color: white;
}

.email-button button {
    background-color: rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
    color: white;
    padding: 7px 20px;
    font-size: 1.3em;
    border-radius: 10px;
    border: 0px;
    transition-duration: 0.9s;  
}

.button:hover {
    background-color: white;
    color: #A7C7E7;
}

.dropdown ul li a {
    font-size: .6em;
}

.dropdown ul a{
    display: inline-block;
    background-color: rgba(255, 150, 190, 1);
    text-align: center;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <meta name="description" content="zuckymuckyboi" />
    <title>Home</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="Resources\styles.css">
    <style>
        p {
            text-align:center;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <header >
        <nav >
            <ul>
                <li><a href= "index.html">Home</a></li>
                <li ><a>Rules</a>
                    <ul>
                        <li style="padding-right:119px;"><a href= "gunlawramble.html">Bus</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
            </ul>
        </nav>
        <div>
            <h1 >About</h1>
        </div>
    </header>
    <section >
        <div>
            <p text>To be writen...<p>
        </div>
    </section>
</body>