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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Display Modes Inline-Block Formatting

Posted by Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

How to stop text from breaking outside its background?

I'm having issues with display values. I can't tell where I've gone wrong, but my h1 was completely inline with its background. As I followed the instructions through the video, my h1 text has now wrapped to a second line and has also broken outside its background. any ideas why?

thanks

K

Dale Bailey
Dale Bailey
20,269 Points

Can you post your code? are you displaying inline-block?

Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

How do you post your code? Just copy and Paste?

Dale Bailey
Dale Bailey
20,269 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/community/posting-code-to-the-forum

3 Answers

Shawn Jones
Shawn Jones
15,579 Points
Shawn Jones
Shawn Jones
15,579 Points

Yes, you simply past your code but also follow the markdown cheatsheet info. It's in a link at the bottom of the forum. Basically you add three tick marks before and after your code. You also specify what type of language, (html, CSS) by adding the name to the first three tick marks looks like this:

"```html

//paste html code here

Change html to CSS if your posting that. It's mostly for syntex highlighting.

Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

Thanks, man

Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points
Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points 
/*Page Styles*/

body {
  font: normal 1.1em/1.5 sans-serif;
  color: #222;
  background-color: #edeff0;
}

.main-wrapper {
  width: 90%;
  margin: auto;
}


/*Layout Element Colors*/

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



/*Header, Banner and Footer Layout*/

.main-header {
  padding: 20px;
}

.main-logo,
.main-nav,
.main-nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

.main-logo, 
.main-nav li {
  border-radius: 5px;
}

.main-logo {
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  margin-right: 50px;
}

.main-nav li {
  margin-top: 15px;
  margin-right: 10px;
}

.main-logo a, 
.main-nav a {
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: block;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px 20px;
}

.main-nav li {
  list-style: none;
}
Antonio Jaramillo
Antonio Jaramillo
15,604 Points
Antonio Jaramillo
Antonio Jaramillo
15,604 Points

I tried your code out on my PC and can't find an issue with it. What exactly is the problem your having with it?