Css, divs gets squeezed when used margin

https://codepen.io/SirYido/pen/WNqLjGK | when i use margin on the class of divs (.barBtns) they get squeezed up. why is that happening and how can i stop this, am i doing something wrong?
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Mannix
Mannix3mo ago
1st i think you made a mistake and use the same class for each button and the wrapper of those buttons. But to answer your question they get squeezed in because you have set a fixed width on the wrapper
Mannix
Mannix3mo ago
try to avoid fixed widths and heights on bigger elements use padding instead or set min-width but be careful with this one to
Mike K
Mike K3mo ago
I've set up a more efficient way to do the same thing but no ids, just classes, https://codepen.io/flyingfishdesign/pen/yLdGbGB?editors=1100
Chris Bolson
Chris Bolson3mo ago
As Mannix has already said, you ahve given the buttons the same class as their wrapper so things get confusing and, inevitably, break. You have also over complicated your CSS. You don't need to define widths and margins. I would change the HTML to this:
<div class="barBtns">
<div class="barBtn" id="barBtns_1"></div>
<div class="barBtn" id="barBtns_2"></div>
<div class="barBtn" id="barBtns_3"></div>
</div>
<div class="barBtns">
<div class="barBtn" id="barBtns_1"></div>
<div class="barBtn" id="barBtns_2"></div>
<div class="barBtn" id="barBtns_3"></div>
</div>
and reduce the CSS to somthing like this:
.barBtns {
background-color: #151515;
padding: 5px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 5px;
}
.barBtns .barBtn {
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
border-radius: 50%;
}
.barBtns {
background-color: #151515;
padding: 5px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 5px;
}
.barBtns .barBtn {
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
border-radius: 50%;
}
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