# Spacing to between of menu icons & text doesn't use CSS

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/spacing-to-between-of-menu-icons-text-doesnt-use-css/19789>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014年九月8日 16:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spacing-to-between-of-menu-icons-text-doesnt-use-css/19789 "2014-09-08T16:49:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [2014年九月8日 17:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spacing-to-between-of-menu-icons-text-doesnt-use-css/19789/3 "2014-09-08T17:10:26Z")

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This (although rather minor) is just as much as a bug as the topic which preceded it:

> [@Spacing between icon and text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spacing-between-icon-and-text/19746):
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> Noticed this little css issue after upgrading. Spacing between icons and text is gone. [image]

1. CSS, specifically the `margin` property, is the W3C specification on how to handle spacing, rather than by inserting &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;lots&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;extra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;spaces&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;within a tag. (Unless living in the 1990s.) 😄
2. This styling error error effects all Discourse users, even if not visible.
3. Also, using the CSS styling feature is a normal & typical use of Discourse, in case you were implying somehow this is not a valid bug simply because I switched on the lights to make it easier to see the error. 💡

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