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CSS

Posted by Emily Nkosi
Emily Nkosi
915 Points

Need Help with a Nav Float

Hi, my nav will not stay in it's container. Can anyone see why?

<div class="container clearfix">

    <a href="/" title="Come Back Home" id"logo" >

        <img src="/Users/ashleynkosi/Desktop/P2h/Images/CAmherstLongLogo.png" alt="our logo the pretty hummingbird" width="30%" hieght="15%">

    </a>

    <nav>
        <ul>

            <li> <a href=""> About </a> </li>

            <li> <a href=""> Services </a> </li>

            <li> <a href=""> Portfolio </a> </li>

        </ul>

    </nav>

</div><!-- end container -->

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

7 Answers

Emily Nkosi
Emily Nkosi
915 Points
Emily Nkosi
Emily Nkosi
915 Points

And here's some of my CSS...

.container {
    width: 940px;
    padding: 0 10px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}


.clearfix:before
.clearfix:after {
    content: "";
    display: table;
}

.clearfix:after {
    clear: both;
}

.clearfix {
    zoom: 1;
}
Matt West
Matt West
14,545 Points
Matt West
Matt West
14,545 Points

Hi Emily,

I can't be sure without seeing the rest of your CSS but try adding the clearfix class to the <ul> element.

If that doesn't do the job, please post your code to something like codepen and I'll take a look at it for you :)

Matt

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

Is there an opening div container class that you forgot to add into your example, because as it stands there is no container div there, that I saw.

Also, in your anchor id you forgot to put the = sign between id and "logo".

Emily Nkosi
Emily Nkosi
915 Points
Emily Nkosi
Emily Nkosi
915 Points

Ok thank you both, here's a link to my code. I will check those things but I would love it if you took a look.

http://codepen.io/emilyknkosi/full/ydptH

Thanks!

Matt West
Matt West
14,545 Points
Matt West
Matt West
14,545 Points

Adding the clearfix class to the <nav> element should do the job.

Here's an adapted codepen: http://cdpn.io/kLpIB

Emily Nkosi
Emily Nkosi
915 Points
Emily Nkosi
Emily Nkosi
915 Points

Thanks Matt!

Emily Nkosi
Emily Nkosi
915 Points
Emily Nkosi
Emily Nkosi
915 Points

Thanks Matt!