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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Flexbox Properties Growing and Aligning Flex Items

Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
4,383 Points
Posted by Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
4,383 Points

Finally, align the columns to the vertical center of .row. Use the flex container property that controls alignment on th

it dosnt work for some reason

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.row {
  display: flex;
  align-self: center;
}
.column {
flex-grow: 2;
}
.primary {
flex-grow: 2;
  align-self: center;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Flexbox Layout</title>
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="row">   
      <div class="secondary column">
        <h2>How to get here</h2>
        <p>Tiramisu caramels gummies chupa.</p>
      </div>

      <div class="primary column">
        <h2>Welcome!</h2>
        <p>Everything in this city is worth waiting in line for.</p>
        <img src="treats.svg" alt="treats">
      </div>

      <div class="tertiary column">
        <h2>Great food</h2>
        <p>Croissant macaroon pie brownie.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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It's only looking for a change to the "row" class here and wants you to align items inside the row class (not the row class itself). Take a look at my code:

.row {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}
Midhun Chandran
Midhun Chandran
9,414 Points
Midhun Chandran
Midhun Chandran
9,414 Points

User align-items. see the example below:

.row { display: flex; align-items: center; }