Title: Change main content width
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Change main content width

 *  Resolved [Anufer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anufer/)
 * (@anufer)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-main-content-width/)
 * Hey guys,
 * I have a question. I want to change the width of the main content (dont know 
   for sure if i name it right) and i am wondering how to do that?
 * Here you see what i mean:
    [http://i40.tinypic.com/2z5507t.png](http://i40.tinypic.com/2z5507t.png)
 * You can see the text isnt in full width.
 * Can anyone help?

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 *  [mellyg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mellyg/)
 * (@mellyg)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-main-content-width/#post-4295478)
 * Looks like you have a side bar somewhere in there, if you can put the website
   online it will be easy for someone to see exactly what the problem is.
 *  Thread Starter [Anufer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anufer/)
 * (@anufer)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-main-content-width/#post-4295489)
 * Tnx for your reply but i found the answer allready.
 * i changed this:
 *     ```
       #primary {
       	float: left;
       	margin: 0 -27% 0 0;
       	padding: 2em;
       	width: 100%;
       }
       #content {
       	margin: 0 27% 0 0;
       }
       ```
   
 * to this:
 *     ```
       #primary {
       	float: left;
       	margin: 0 -5% 0 0;
       	padding: 2em;
       	width: 100%;
       }
       #content {
       	margin: 0 5% 0 0;
       }
       ```
   

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## Tags

 * [change](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/change/)
 * [content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/content/)
 * [Main](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/main/)
 * [width](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/width/)

 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Anufer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anufer/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-main-content-width/#post-4295489)
 * Status: resolved