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HTML / CSS : Reset List Padding to Default

I'm using *{margin:0; padding:0;} and this is the first time that it breaks me in something. List paddings and margins are 0 too, so the indentation is lost. and I would like to reset them to their original state, how is this possible?

I've tried this with no success:

ul,ol{ 
   margin :auto; /* This Works */
   padding:auto; /* This Not :( */
}

So how should I fix this?

Solution

  • The point of a reset is to eliminate variations due to browser defaults. In other words, there is no definitive way to "unreset" because different browsers may have different defaults.

    However, you can choose your own default values, and I think that's what you're trying to do here.

    A good way to do this is to look at a browser's default stylesheet (you should be able to find how to do this by doing a search). For example, you can see the Firefox default stylesheet with this URL: resource://gre/res/html.css