Reduce spacing between links

February 24, 2023

I know this question has been asked a lot of time but, since I am new to HTML, I still need some guidance.

Based on the code below, how can I reduce the spacing in between the links in each column?

Code:

a {
  color: white;
}

.footer-background {
  padding-top: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
  background-color: #1c2a48;
}

.logo,
.nav {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.nav-pills {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@3.3.7/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">

<div class="footer-background container-fluid">
  <div class="row">
    <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4 center-block">
      <ul class="nav nav-pills">

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/opengovernment/prr/Pages/default.aspx">Public Records Request</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/AgenciesAndServices/Pages/Default.aspx">Contact Us</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/ReportAComplaint/Pages/Default.aspx">Report a Complaint</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/Terms/Pages/Default.aspx">Terms of Use</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/Terms/Pages/Default.aspxx">Accessiblity Statement</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/ErJFVZz/BrowardLife">Subscribe</a></li>

      </ul>
    </div>
    <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4 center-block">
      <ul class="nav nav-pills">
        <li><a href="https://b.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=15">Watch Meetings</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/Pages/Welcome.aspx">Copyrights 2022, Government</a></li>
      </ul>
    </div>
    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4">
      <div class="text-white" style="padding-top: 3rem; text-align: center;">
        <ul class="nav nav-pills">

        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

</div>

>Solution :

Each column has a padding of 15px left and right. You could reduce it e.g. to 8px to reduce the spacing.

Here is the edit code, to see what i mean.

Hint: Maybe there is a css-utility-class for this within bootstrap.

a {
  color: white;
}

.footer-background {
  padding-top: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
  background-color: #1c2a48;
}

.logo,
.nav {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.nav-pills {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}

.row>div {
  padding-left: 8px;
  padding-right: 8px;
}

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@3.3.7/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-BVYiiSIFeK1dGmJRAkycuHAHRg32OmUcww7on3RYdg4Va+PmSTsz/K68vbdEjh4u" crossorigin="anonymous">

<div class="footer-background container-fluid">
  <div class="row">
    <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4 center-block">
      <ul class="nav nav-pills">

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/opengovernment/prr/Pages/default.aspx">Public Records Request</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/AgenciesAndServices/Pages/Default.aspx">Contact Us</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/ReportAComplaint/Pages/Default.aspx">Report a Complaint</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/Terms/Pages/Default.aspx">Terms of Use</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/Terms/Pages/Default.aspxx">Accessiblity Statement</a></li>

        <li><a href="https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/ErJFVZz/BrowardLife">Subscribe</a></li>

      </ul>
    </div>
    <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4 center-block">
      <ul class="nav nav-pills">
        <li><a href="https://b.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=15">Watch Meetings</a></li>
        <li><a href="https://www.b.org/Pages/Welcome.aspx">Copyrights 2022, Government</a></li>
      </ul>
    </div>
    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4">
      <div class="text-white" style="padding-top: 3rem; text-align: center;">
        <ul class="nav nav-pills">

        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

</div>