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CSS CSS - Beyond the Basics Understanding Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout Flexbox Challenge

How to make the flex box property move the primary column to the beginning of the row

Finally, let's use flexbox to change the order of our columns. In the .primary rule, add the flexbox property and value that will move the primary column to the beginning of the row.

I don't know how to do that stuff and I don't understand it.

can some one help me?

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

.nav, 
.main {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.nav {
 flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.nav li {

  flex-grow: 1;
}

.primary {

}
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Flexbox</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <ul class="nav">
        <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Articles</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div class="main">
        <div class="secondary col">
            <h2>Secondary</h2>
            <p>
                Maecenas volutpat nisi vitae purus gravida, ac pulvinar enim venenatis. Fusce ac pharetra ipsum. Suspendisse potenti. Etiam placerat rhoncus mi id ornare.
            </p>
        </div>
        <div class="primary col">
            <h2>Primary</h2>
            <p>
                Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent id mollis neque. Phasellus rutrum iaculis ante, id tincidunt tellus pulvinar vitae. Maecenas sodales mollis nisi sit amet congue. 
            </p>
            <p>
                Duis pharetra, sem in dictum posuere, justo orci vestibulum arcu, vitae lobortis ipsum nibh sed dolor. Vestibulum sodales pulvinar risus vel fermentum. Nunc sit amet eros eget orci euismod imperdiet. Phasellus scelerisque orci non ipsum vestibulum non eleifend.
            </p>
        </div>
        <div class="tertiary col">
            <h2>Tertiary</h2>
            <p>
                Donec id ultrices diam. Praesent efficitur vulputate eros ac aliquam. Ut et libero ultricies, mattis velit sit amet, suscipit sem. Aenean dictum pellentesque tincidunt. 
            </p>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

We use the order property to change the arrangement.

Guil Hernandez covers this in the Flexbox: flexgrow, order, alignself lesson at 3:00 in.

Thanks sean