# Container Margin Issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [May 7, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/container-margin-issue/47435 "2025-05-07T04:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![majobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@majobo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/majobo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/container-margin-issue/47435/1 "2025-05-07T04:33:06Z")
Hi, I seem to have an issue with container margins. Setting right and left margins just seems to move the entire container, a positive margin to the right, a negative margin to the left. Am I doing it wrong? Matthias ---
**Author:** ![sbchasin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sbchasin/32/26943_2.png) [@sbchasin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sbchasin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/container-margin-issue/47435/2 "2025-05-07T04:43:20Z")
See [B29 - Right Container Margin Not Adjusting](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/b29-right-container-margin-not-adjusting/45730) ---
**Author:** ![majobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@majobo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/majobo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/container-margin-issue/47435/3 "2025-05-07T05:24:38Z")
thanks for the quick reply - that did fix it! Wouldn’t it make more sense to set the width to auto by default, though? ---
**Author:** ![handshaper](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/handshaper/32/27373_2.png) [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/container-margin-issue/47435/4 "2025-05-07T06:20:37Z")
It sure makes sense to have it default to AUTO, but maybe there is some other reason why it is not set that way.