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Tolerim
a month ago

How can I eliminate the dead space on the side of the mobile screen with Next.js?

While building a frontend using Next.js and Tailwind, I encountered an issue where there is extra space on screens with a width less than 500px. The deadspace varies according to the width of the screen. For instance, if the screen is 400px wide, the deadspace will be 100px wide, and if it's 350px wide, the deadspace will be 150px. Even the root <html> element is affected, and it appears not to be a layout issue.

However, when the page loads on smaller screens with a width less than 500px, the full width is displayed, including the rendered area and the deadspace. You can inspect the code on the live site here using dev tools or view the screenshot below for more clarity.

dead space issue screenshot

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Vogi
a month ago
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It seems like you are experiencing an issue with extra space on screens with a width less than 500px while building a frontend using Next.js and Tailwind. This issue can be caused by several factors such as the default spacing scale used by Tailwind, the screen size breakpoints, or the viewport meta tag. You can try adding the initial-scale and device width properties with your element to fix the issue - without the initial-scale, the browser does not do its bit to fill in contents to available viewport width's. I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sources

Space Between - Tailwind CSSCustomizing Screens - Tailwind CSSnext.js - Sizing issue on screen sizes less than 475px in Tailwind CSS ...w-screen and h-screen of tailwind are breaking the responsiveness
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Tolerim
a month ago
It seems like the deadspace issue is caused by the default margin and padding values of the body element in your HTML. To fix this, you can add the following CSS to your styles: 
body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
This will reset the margin and padding values of the body element to 0, eliminating any deadspace that may be causing the issue. Additionally, you can also apply this to other elements to ensure that there are no unwanted margins or paddings affecting the layout of your page. It's also worth noting that the deadspace may be caused by other elements in your page that are not visible in the screenshot you provided. It's a good practice to inspect your page using the browser's developer tools to identify any elements that may be causing layout issues.
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