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CSS CSS Layout CSS Layout Techniques Display

Posted by cory woods
cory woods
2,568 Points

I used display: inline-block; to show items in an li side by side but i'm wrong?

I don't know what other declaration I can use to get this correct.

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

header {
  text-align: center;
}
.logo {
  width: 60px;
  margin: auto;
}

.main-list, li {
  display: inline-block;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>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="An illustration of a building">
            <ul class="main-list">
                <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

Mace ✨ 🇳🇱
Mace ✨ 🇳🇱
3,095 Points
Mace ✨ 🇳🇱
Mace ✨ 🇳🇱
3,095 Points

Hi Cory,

While your code does work because you are targeting li (= all list items, not a specific one), the challenge asks you to position the list items inside of .main-list side by side. You are currently targeting .main-list and li because you separated these elements by using a comma. 

.main-list, li { // targets .main-list and all list items
  display: inline-block;
}

.main-list li { // targets list items inside of .main-list
  display: inline-block;
}

Hope this makes sense - happy coding!