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CSS

Petra Benton
Petra Benton
591 Points
Posted by Petra Benton
Petra Benton
591 Points

CSS media query - header background presents an issue when browser is extended to desktop size.

Hello,

I have having an issue when I add the following code into my responsive.css file, and extend the browser to desktop size. The header background colour drops minimizes to a tiny border at the top of the page. Any help would be really wonderful!

@media screen and (min-width: 660px) {

  /***************************
HEADER
***************************/

  nav {
    background: none;
    float:right;
    font-size:1.125em;
    margin-right: 5%;
    text-align:right;
    width: 45%;
  }


  #logo {
    float:left;
    margin-left:5%;
    text-align: left;
    width: 45%;
  }

  h1 {
    font-size: 2.5em;
  }


  h2 {
    font-size: 0.825em;
    margin-bottom:20px;
  }

  header {
    border-bottom:5px solid #ff4d4d;
    margin-bottom:10px;
  }


}

1 Answer

Chris Jardine
Chris Jardine
13,299 Points

Hi Petra

From what you are describing, it seems your header might have collapsed, due to you floating "logo" and "nav" elements. If it is what is happening then you would need to create a clearfix and add it to the <header> as a class.

In your CSS document

.clearfix::after {
content: "";
display: table;
clear: both;
}

and in your html document 

<header class="clearfix">...</header>
Petra Benton
Petra Benton
591 Points
Petra Benton
Petra Benton
591 Points

Hi Chris,

Thank you so much, the clearfix worked perfectly! Really happy to learn how to fix this problem, thanks for your help :)

Chris Jardine
Chris Jardine
13,299 Points

Hi Petra

You're welcome. Good luck!