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CSS

Posted by Karsyn Rios
Karsyn Rios
3,459 Points

Float Layout... Task 4/4

The question is "Finally, let's float our columns left so they appear on one line."

Mohammed Asif Anwar
Mohammed Asif Anwar
5,380 Points

.col { padding: 20px; float: left; width: 30%; }

this will work

9 Answers

Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points
Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points

Okay... Where is your code and what's wrong? Did you try 

.column{
float:left;
}
Karsyn Rios
Karsyn Rios
3,459 Points

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

.main-logo, .main-nav li { float: left; } .column{ float:left; }

this is my code...

Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points
Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points

Html?

Karsyn Rios
Karsyn Rios
3,459 Points

I need help floating the columns left.

Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points
Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points

You need to past all your code, html and css. Use backticks ` to surround code. Check the markdown cheatsheet which is linked at the bottom of the page, if you can't do this, I can't see your code, or see the problem. :)

Karsyn Rios
Karsyn Rios
3,459 Points

i posted my css

Karsyn Rios
Karsyn Rios
3,459 Points
Karsyn Rios
Karsyn Rios
3,459 Points

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

.main-logo, .main-nav li { float: left; } '''

Karsyn Rios
Karsyn Rios
3,459 Points
Karsyn Rios
Karsyn Rios
3,459 Points

my html keeps doing something weird so i cant post it....

Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points
Lauren Clark
Lauren Clark
33,155 Points

Ok well I don't know what your columns look like. All I can suggest is replay the video and check you got it right, sometimes silly mistakes break things. Make sure that it's only the column class you need to select, there may be another class to select and float too. Good luck.

Mohammed Asif Anwar
Mohammed Asif Anwar
5,380 Points
Mohammed Asif Anwar
Mohammed Asif Anwar
5,380 Points

.col { padding: 20px; float: left; width: 30%; }

this will work

ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points
ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

.main-logo, .main-nav li { float: left; } .col{ float:left; }

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

It might help to compare yours to the project files.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Floats</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="main-wrapper">
        <header class="main-header group">
            <h1 class="main-logo"><a href="#">Logo</a></h1>
            <ul class="main-nav">
                <li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Link 3</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
            </ul>
        </header>
        <div class="main-banner">
            <h1>This is the Main Banner Heading</h1>
            <p>Andouille pork chop pancetta drumstick ground round beef ribs swine brisket ham.</p>
        </div>
        <div class="content-row group">
            <div class="extra-content col">
                <h3>Extra Content</h3>
                <p>Filet mignon turkey flank doner strip steak. Frankfurter ham hock turkey, venison sirloin pig chuck shank capicola hamburger doner spare ribs boudin.</p>
                <hr>
                <p> Drumstick bresaola meatloaf ham hock salami tri-tip landjaeger beef filet mignon biltong boudin turkey.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="primary-content col">
                <h2>Primary Content</h2>
                <img class="feat-img" src="http://lorempixel.com/400/300">
                <p>Bacon ipsum dolor sit amet chicken pork ground round brisket corned beef ball tip shank tail salami filet mignon ham hock pork belly venison shankle. Pig kielbasa drumstick sausage pork chop boudin. Chicken t-bone salami pork chop, beef ribs kevin ham tri-tip beef venison biltong brisket.</p>
                <p>Venison strip steak meatball chicken, brisket prosciutto sirloin. Capicola drumstick brisket tri-tip salami. Chicken beef jerky, tail turkey prosciutto cow ham sirloin boudin tenderloin. Meatloaf tri-tip turducken brisket andouille, pork belly corned beef fatback hamburger.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="secondary-content col">
                <h3>Secondary Content</h3>
                <p>Strip steak tenderloin kevin swine meatloaf capicola, doner beef turducken pancetta corned beef pork loin shoulder.</p>
                <hr>
                <p>Pork filet mignon leberkas, tail swine venison pancetta turkey shoulder brisket chalkers likes hamburgers.</p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <footer class="main-footer">
            <p>&copy;2014 Example Layout</p>
        </footer>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

/* Page Styles
================================ */

* {
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}
html,
body {
 height: 100%;
}
body {
    font: normal 1.1em/1.5 sans-serif;
    color: #222;
    background-color: #edeff0;
}

/* Layout Element Colors
================================ */

.main-header       { background-color: #384047; }
.main-logo a       { background-color: #5fcf80; }
.main-nav a        { background-color: #3f8abf; }
.primary-content   { background-color: #caebf6; }
.secondary-content { background-color: #bfe3d0; }
.main-footer       { background-color: #b7c0c7; }

/* Header, Banner and Footer Layout
================================ */

/*.main-wrapper {
    width: 90%;
    margin: auto;
}*/
.main-header {
    padding: 15px;
}
.main-logo,
.main-nav li {
    float: left;
}
.main-logo {
    margin: 0 50px 0 0;
}
.main-nav li {
    margin-top: 15px;
    margin-right: 10px;
    margin-left: 10px;
}
.main-logo a, 
.main-nav a {
    display: block;
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 5px 15px;
    border-radius: 5px;
}
.main-banner {
    background: #dfe2e4;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 35px 15px;
}
.main-footer {
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
}

/* Column Layout
================================ */

.col {
    padding: 20px;
    float: left;
    width: 30%;
}
.primary-content {
    width: 40%;
}
.col:last-child {
    float: right;
}

/* Imagery
================================ */

.feat-img {
    width: 50%;
    float: left;
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-right: 25px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    border: solid 1px;
    padding: 5px;
}

/* Float Clearfix
================================ */

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

/* Media Queries
================================ */

@media (max-width: 768px) {
    .main-wrapper,
    .main-nav li, 
    .main-logo,
    .col,
    .feat-img {
        width: initial;
        height: initial;
        float: initial;
    }
    .feat-img {
        width: 100%;
    }
    .main-logo {
        margin-right: 0;
    }
    .extra-content {
        display: none;
    }
}