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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors :nth Pseudo-Class Challenge

Pascal Klau
Pascal Klau
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Posted by Pascal Klau
Pascal Klau
15,748 Points

I don't get this question. img:nth-child(4), img:nth-child(3n+1) seems wrong even though it displays the images.

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style.css 
/* Write the CSS in the media query below */

@media (min-width: 607px) {
  img { float: left; }
  img:nth-child(4), img:nth-child(3n+1) { clear: both; }
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Selectors</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <img src="thumb-forest.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-resort.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-trees.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-falls.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-view.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-sunset.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-lake.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-beach.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-bay.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-peaks.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-falls.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-resort.jpg" alt="">
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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You're pretty close here! You have one img:nth-child that's not needed and the clear is supposed to be left (not both) as indicated by the challenge. The img:nth-child(3n+1) would be correct if we were starting with the first child and taking every third after. However, it states that we start with the fourth child, so that 3n+1 should be changed to 3n+4. The +num is our starting child point. Take a look here:

/* Write the CSS in the media query below */

@media (min-width: 607px) {
  img { 
    float: left; 
  }

  img:nth-child(3n+4) {   /* start at fourth element and apply to every third element after */
    clear: left;   /*  clear left instead of both */
  }
}

Hope this helps!