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CSS

Posted by Tracy Excell
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Tracy Excell
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,333 Points

How to use flexbox to alter my header for a lager screen size

Hello,

I have been trying to use flexbox to alter my header for a larger screen size. I want it in a horizontal line at the top of the page. However in my media query, it will not work. It has in other areas of my project. Can someone please let me know where I am going wrong? Thank you.

Relevant code:

HTML

<div id="header_info"> <header class="main-header"> <h1>Tracy Excell</h1> <ul class="nav"> <li><a id="home">Home</a></li> <li><a href="#portfolio">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li> </ul> </header>

Base css /* main header and navigation styles*/

.nav li{ list-style-type: none; border: 2px solid white; background-color: white; padding: .5em; margin-bottom: .5em; margin-left: -2em; width: 70vw;

} .nav li a{ display: block; text-decoration:none; color: black; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; }

.nav li a:hover { color: #456e6e; }

NAV CSS

header_info {

max-height: 700px;
margin: -1em;

}

.main-header { display: flex; } .main-header h1 {

justify-content: flex-start;

}

.nav li {

justify-content: flex-end;

}

1 Answer

Stephan L
Stephan L
17,821 Points

Hi there, It's a little hard to tell for sure the way the code is formatted, but it looks like you are calling the justify-content rule on the children (<h1>) and children of the children (the .nav <li> elements) of the flex container, .main-header. .Main-header is the flex container, and therefore <h1> and .nav are the flex items. Flex properties called on .main-header will not control the position of the <li> children of .nav. Also, justify-content is used on the flex container element to control the position of its immediate children. Try using justify-content on the flex container, .main-header.

That may have been a little verbose, so here's what I mean:

.main-header //this is the flex container, where you should define justify-content for the flex items

-------h1 //this is a child of the flex-container, a flex item

------.nav //this is a child of the flex-container, a flex item

--------------li... //these are children of .nav and therefore are not flex items (unless you also make .nav a flex container

Based on how you're calling justify-content, it looks like you want your h1 element to align left and the .nav li items to align right? If so, try calling justify-content: space-between on the .main-header flex container.