Closing the space between navigation bar choices

I'm currently working on my website's navbar menu and struggling to eliminate the gap between each of the navbar links. It seems that the li attributes with the class dropdown are slightly wider than the rest of the links, causing this issue. I've attempted to fix it without success.

Here is the code for the navbar dropdown menu (Keep in mind there are link attributes linking to local bootstrap js and css files. Make adjustments accordingly if you plan to copy and paste my code directly. Thank you):

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
    <link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:300,400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link href='http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.0.3/css/font-awesome.css' rel='stylesheet'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.3.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

<style>
body {
    top: 50px;
    position: relative;
}

#mainNav {
    position: relative;
    top: 50px;
}
#mainNav .dropdown{
    display:inline;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
.mainNavDD li{
    list-style-type: none;
}

.mainNavDD a{
    color: #524F4F;
    padding: 10px 20px 12px 20px;
    height: 100%;
}

.mainNavLink {
    border-right: 1px solid #d6d6d6;

    background: rgb(101,0,10); /* Old browsers */
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  rgba(101,0,10,1) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%, rgba(255,255,255,1) 75%, rgba(101,0,10,1) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(101,0,10,1)), color-stop(25%,rgba(255,255,255,1)), color-stop(25%,rgba(255,255,255,1)), color-stop(25%,rgba(255,255,255,1)), color-stop(75%,rgba(255,255,255,1)), color-stop(100%,rgba(101,0,10,1))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  rgba(101,0,10,1) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 75%,rgba(101,0,10,1) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  rgba(101,0,10,1) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 75%,rgba(101,0,10,1) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  rgba(101,0,10,1) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 75%,rgba(101,0,10,1) 100%); /* IE10+ */
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  rgba(101,0,10,1) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 25%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 75%,rgba(101,0,10,1) 100%); /* W3C */
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#65000a', endColorstr='#65000a',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */                

}

#mainNav a:hover{
    color: #65000A;
}


ul .mainNavDD{
    padding: none;
}
.dropdown {
    width: 300px;
    position: relative;
    margin: 0 auto;
    top: -50px;

}

#brandMenu {
    width: 200px;
    background-color: #65000A;
    color: white;
    border: 1px solid #4F5153;
}

.dropdown-menu li a:hover{
    background-color: #65000A;
    color: white;
}

.dropdown:hover .dropdown-menu {
    display: block;
    margin-top: 0; // remove the gap so it doesn't close
}

.brandDD {
    float: right;
}

.dropdown-menu {
    min-width: 200px;
}

.dropdown-menu.columns-2 {
    min-width: 400px;
}

.dropdown-menu.columns-3 {
    min-width: 600px;
}

.dropdown-menu li a {
    padding: 5px 15px;
    font-weight: 300;
}

.multi-column-dropdown {

}

.multi-column-dropdown li a {
    display: block;
    clear: both;
    line-height: 1.428571429;
    color: #333;
    white-space: normal;
}

.multi-column-dropdown li a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #262626;
    background-color: #f5f5f5;
}

ul .multi-column-dropdown {
    padding: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="break"></div>
    <div id="mainNav" class="marginTop hidden-xs hidden-sm" style="margin: 0 auto;">
    <ul class="mainNavDD">
        <li class="dropdown">
            <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle mainNavLink" data-toggle="dropdown">Home</a>
        </li>

        <li class="dropdown">
            <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle mainNavLink" data-toggle="dropdown">Skin Care</a>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu multi-column columns-2">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-sm-6">
                        <ul class="multi-column-dropdown">
                            <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Something else here that's extra long so we can see how it looks</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-sm-6">
                        <ul class="multi-column-dropdown">
                            <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </ul>
        </li>

        <li class="dropdown">
            <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle mainNavLink" data-toggle="dropdown">Hair Care</a>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu multi-column columns-2">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-sm-6">
                        <ul class="multi-column-dropdown">
                            <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Something else here that's extra long so we can see how it looks</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-sm-6">
                        <ul class="multi-column-dropdown">
                            <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </ul>
        </li>

        <li class="dropdown">
            <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle mainNavLink" data-toggle="dropdown">Bath & Body</a>
            <ul class="dropdown-menu multi-column columns-2">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-sm-6">
                        <ul class="multi-column-dropdown">
                            <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Something else here that's extra long so we can see how it looks</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-sm-6">
                        <ul class="multi-column-dropdown">
                            <li><a href="#">Action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Another action</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Something else here</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Separated link</a></li>
                            <li class="divider"></li>
                            <li><a href="#">One more separated link</a></li>
                        </ul>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

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Answer №1

If you're looking for a solution, try replacing the following code:

#mainNav .dropdown{
    display:inline;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

with this updated code:

#mainNav .dropdown{
    float:left; /* new */
    width:auto; /* new */
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

I'm not entirely sure why you have width:500px on your first li, so I removed it. If necessary, use !important with width:auto (not recommended)

Take a look at this Fiddle to see the menu in action (expand the window to view it better)

Answer №2

Consider using CSS:

.navigation-bar{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

Answer №3

An easy workaround is to apply a negative margin to the elements.

#navigationMenu .submenu:not(:first-child) {
  margin-left: -10px;
}

Example Link

Answer №4

Simple solution: 

#topMenu .menuDropdown {
    display: inline;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

Next, delete the line width: 300px; within the .menuDropdown selector.

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