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CSS

Posted by Christopher Anderson
Christopher Anderson
1,601 Points

How can I put elements side by side.

How can I put elements side by side, I want to select anchor elements from inside of my nav to be side by side.

here's the link to my code- https://w.trhou.se/9x44qvlt0c

Directions After You Click The Link:

The file index.html has the nav which I want to be styled side by side and If you go to my CSS folder you'll see main.css and that's the code i'm using for index.html

3 Answers

Rahul Ram
Rahul Ram
2,872 Points

I found your problem.

You need to add this :-

nav li { display:inline-block; }

Christopher Anderson
Christopher Anderson
1,601 Points

Thank you your the best you have no idea how long I've been trying to figure this out.

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

If you'd like the links to be horizontally side by side (inline) then all you have to do is create a new selector in your css which selects the <li> items in your <nav> and then type out display:inline-block as shown below:

nav ul li { display: inline-block; }

Hope this helps Christopher.

Benjamin Hedgepeth
Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 Points
Benjamin Hedgepeth
Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 Points

I did a long form version so that you can comment out each selector to see how it works with developer tools starting with the list items.

nav,
nav ul,
nav li {
       display: inline-block;
}