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CSS CSS Layout Basics Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes CSS Display Modes Challenge

Posted by christopher cutting
christopher cutting
8,716 Points

How to target .main-nav

challenge responds with "make sure you're selecting the 'main-nav' class" when the following code is entered. Not sure

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

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

header {
  text-align: center;
}
.logo {
  width: 110px;
  margin: auto;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Getting Started with CSS 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="container">
        <header>
            <img class="logo" src="city-logo.svg" alt="logo">
            <ul class="main-nav">
                <li><a href="#">Ice cream</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Donuts</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Tea</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Coffee</a></li>
            </ul>
        </header>
    </div>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The selector ".main-nav li" targets list items that are inside the "main-nav" class element.

To target the element with the "main-nav" class directly, don't put the "li" after it.