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Html – CSS to fix unwanted space in list?

I’m working on rendering markdown for a project, and I’m facing an issue with styling nested lists using CSS. In the example below, you can see that there are unwanted spaces between the elements in each <li> item, which affects the alignment of the list indicators (like decimal or disc) with the content.

Here’s the HTML structure I’m using:

<h4 id="for-apache">For Apache:</h4>
<ol>
<li>
    <p><strong>Create a Virtual Host:</strong></p>
    <ul>
        <li>Open your Apache configuration file (usually found in <code>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf</code> or <code>/etc/apache2/sites-available/</code>).</li>
        <li>Add the following configuration:</li>
    </ul>
    <pre>
        <code>
            &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
                ServerName chatbot.example.com
                Redirect / http://example.com/chatbot
            &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
        </code>
    </pre>
</li>
</ol>

Here’s a screenshot of the issue:

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I want to remove the unexpected spaces between the list items without affecting the list type indicators. How can I adjust the CSS to eliminate these unwanted spaces?

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Answers


  1. 0

    Have you tried removing the different margins and padding in your CSS?

    If you haven’t, here is what I think could help you:

    ol, ul {
  list-style-position: inside; /* Aligns the bullet or number with the text */
  margin: 0; /* Removes default margins */
  padding: 0; /* Removes default padding */
}


li {
  margin: 0; /* Removes margin from list items */
  padding: 0.5em 0; /* Adjusts vertical spacing */
}

/* Optional: To further control spacing for nested lists */
ul {
  margin-left: 1.5em; /* Indent nested lists */
}
    <h4 id="for-apache">For Apache:</h4>
<ol>
<li>
    <p><strong>Create a Virtual Host:</strong></p>
    <ul>
        <li>Open your Apache configuration file (usually found in <code>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf</code> or <code>/etc/apache2/sites-available/</code>).</li>
        <li>Add the following configuration:</li>
    </ul>
    <pre>
        <code>
            &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
                ServerName chatbot.example.com
                Redirect / http://example.com/chatbot
            &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
        </code>
    </pre>
</li>
</ol>
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  2. 0

    A <p> element is what is known as a "block-level" element. What’s that mean? MDN can tell you more than you’d ever want to know, but TL;DR it wants to be on a line all by itself at 100% width. That’s why it’s not sitting next to the <li> marker.

    I’d recommend just removing that wrapping element entirely. If you need something to target with CSS, you can use <p>‘s inline cousin, <span>, although you already have <strong>.

    …And as an academic note, this would also fix the space if you were inclined to keep the tag: li > p { display: inline-block; }

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