Spacing between navigation links - html

Question

My problem is that I want to have spacing between the navigation links. I have searched over the internet but all I get are reducing the space.
To be specific, I want to have spacing in between each navigation link that are bordered with a black border.
These are my codes for the navigation bar. I would really appreciate some help. thank you.
ul {
list-style-type: none;
position: fixed;
margin-top: 50px;
padding: 0;
width: 200px;
background-color: #fff;
border: 5px solid #000;
}
li a {
display: block;
color: #000;
padding: 8px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
li {
text-align: center;
border-bottom: 5px solid #000;
}
li:last-child {
border-bottom: none;
}
li a:hover {
background-color: #555;
color: white;
}
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>News</li>
<li>Contact</li>
<li>About</li>
</ul>

Answer 1

Here it is:
<style>
ul {
list-style-type: none;
position: fixed;
margin-top: 50px;
padding: 0;
width: 200px;
}
li a {
display: block;
color: #000;
padding: 8px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
border: 5px solid #000;
background-color: #fff;
}
li {
text-align: center;
margin-bottom:10px;
}
li:last-child {
margin-bottom:0;
}
li a:hover {
background-color: #555;
color: white;
}
</style>
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>News</li>
<li>Contact</li>
<li>About</li>
</ul>
Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/4fLbx4xa/

Answer 2

<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>News</li>
<li>Contact</li>
<li>About</li>
</ul>
<style>
ul {
list-style-type: none;
position: fixed;
margin-top: 50px;
padding: 0;
width: 200px;
background-color: #fff;
}
li{
width:100%;
display: block;
margin-top:10px; //this is the height you want
border: 5px solid #000;
color: #000;
background:#000;
padding:10px 0;
}
li a {
text-align: center;
padding: 8px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
color:#fff;
}
li:first-child {
margin-top:0;
}
li:hover {
background-color: #555;
color: white;
}
</style>

Answer 3

You need to use margin to add the white space, but the borders needed a little tweaking, see comments below
ul {
list-style-type: none;
position: fixed;
margin-top: 50px;
padding: 0;
width: 200px;
background-color: #fff;
/*border: 5px solid #000; moved to LI element*/
}
li a {
display: block;
color: #000;
padding: 8px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
margin-bottom:10px; /*add some margin to create the white space*/
border: 5px solid #000; /*add the border to each LI element rather than UL*/
}
li {
text-align: center;
/*border-bottom: 5px solid #000; remove this bottom border as handled in LI css*/
}

Answer 4

Not sure what you want to achieve but i understood a line between the links, this might help you also if you want it below the links..
ul {
list-style-type: none;
position: fixed;
margin-top: 50px;
padding: 0;
width: 400px;
background-color: #fff;
border: 5px solid #000;}
li a {
display: block;
color: #000;
padding: 8px 16px;
text-decoration: none;}
li {
text-align: center;
float: left;
border-right:solid 1px black;
}
li a:hover {
background-color: #555;
color: white;
}
<ul>
<li>Home</li>
<li>News</li>
<li>Contact</li>
<li>About</li>
</ul>