Why isn't BootStrap column offset working? - html

Question

I am trying to build a website with flash-cards to help learn the Hebrew alphabet. My Card partial view looks like this:
#model FlashCards.MultipleChoice.ViewModels.CardViewModel
<div class="index-card">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-5"></div>
<div class="col-md-2 text-center">
#Model.Numeric
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-2"></div>
<div class="col-md-8 text-center card-symbol">
#Html.Raw(Model.UnicodeEscape)
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-2"></div>
<div class="col-md-8 text-center">
#Model.Name
</div>
</div>
</div>
Now the col-md-offset works on all but the first row, causing the card to render as in the below image:
Now why isn't the 1 in the image offset like the glyph and the name for the letter Aleph?
My CSS file for these cards only contains the following so far:
.index-card {
height: 150px;
}
.index-card .card-symbol {
font-size: large
}

Answer 1

I believe you're using the offset classes wrong; do not apply them to empty divs.
Your text is centered. Second and third rows have widths of 8 columns. It looks like the offset is working but it really isn't. The first row is only 2 columns wide. None of your offset divs are having any effect on the layout.
You need to do something like this, at the very least:
<div class="index-card">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-5 col-md-2 text-center">
#Model.Numeric
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-8 text-center card-symbol">
#Html.Raw(Model.UnicodeEscape)
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-2 col-md-8 text-center">
#Model.Name
</div>
</div>
</div>