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Hi, i have a problem. Im really new to html. I want the shopping cart to be in the same row as the navigation bar.
Should i create a new object? And if yes how can i create it that the cart is in the navigation bar? When i use float:right its lower than the rest of the navigation bar. What can I do?

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Hi,
I would use flexbox to align the last menu item to the right side.
That will keep everything on the same line also.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Flexbox Menu - Align Last Item to Right</title>
<style>
.menu {
  margin:0 auto;
  padding:10px;
  list-style:none;
  display:flex;
  /*max-width:980px;/*optional max width with margin:0 auto;*/
  justify-content:center;
  background:#f9f9f9;
}
.menu li {margin:0 10px;}
.menu li:first-child {margin-left:auto}/*these can be grouped together*/
.menu li:last-child {margin-left:auto}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<nav>
  <ul class="menu">
    <li><a href="#">New</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Women</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Men</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Kids</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Shopping Cart</a></li>
  </ul>
</nav>
</body>
</html>
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Without seeing the code I am guessing.

If you placed vertical margins on all the anchors they are likely being ignored on all but the float, since it becomes a block level element. Something like that would be a beginners mistake.

By default, anchors are inline elements, which do not accept vertical margins.

Here is a test case showing how the float will catch the vertical margins.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Test Page</title>
<style>
div {
  text-align:center;
  overflow:auto;/*contain float*/
  background:#ccc;
}
div a {margin:10px;} /*vertical margin will not apply to inline elemnts*/
div a:last-child {
  float:right; /*this float will accept vertical margins*/
  /* margin:0 10px; /*remove vertical margin, remove comments to see anchors line up*/
}
</style>

</head>
<body>

<div>
  <a href="#">link</a>
  <a href="#">link</a>
  <a href="#">link</a>
  <a href="#">last link</a>
</div>

</body>
</html>

In a situation like that you would correct the problem where it started rather than overriding it for the float.

By setting the vertical margins to 0 to begin with.

div a {margin:0 10px;}

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