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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Building a Layout with Flexbox Flexbox Columns Challenge

Posted by Dennis Fayard
Dennis Fayard
7,567 Points

Set the columns to expand and display on one line when they are 300px or wider. But when the columns are narrower than

.row { display: flex; } .columns @media screen and (min-width = 300px) { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; }

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

.row {
  display: flex;
}
.column {
 height: 769px; 
}

.column  {
  display: flex;
  height: 300px;
  flex-grow: 1em;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Flexbox 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="row">   
      <div class="secondary column">
        <h2>Welcome!</h2>
        <p>Everything in this city is worth waiting in line for. Cupcake ipsum dolor sit.</p>
        <p>Wafer lollipop dessert. Bonbon jelly beans pudding dessert sugar plum.</p>
      </div>

      <div class="primary column">
        <h2>How to get here</h2>
        <p><strong>Plane: </strong>Tiramisu caramels gummies chupa chups lollipop muffin. Jujubes chocolate caramels cheesecake brownie lollipop drag&#233;e cheesecake.</p>
        <p><strong>Train: </strong>Pie apple pie pudding I love wafer toffee liquorice sesame snaps lemon drops. Lollipop gummi bears dessert muffin.</p>
        <p><strong>Car: </strong>Jelly cotton candy bonbon jelly-o jelly-o I love. I love sugar plum chocolate cake pie I love pastry liquorice.</p>
      </div>

      <div class="tertiary column">
        <h2>Great food</h2>
        <p>Croissant macaroon pie brownie. Cookie marshmallow liquorice gingerbread.</p>
        <p>Wafer lollipop dessert. Bonbon jelly beans pudding dessert sugar plum.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

It looks like part of your question got cut off. Try editing it and putting it back.

1 Answer

Gordon Naldrett
Gordon Naldrett
12,142 Points
Gordon Naldrett
Gordon Naldrett
12,142 Points

Your code is setting heights that are not required for this challenge, and your placement of some of the flex attributes is in the wrong place and using the wrong units. Flexbox is a confusing beast from the outside and it's often very easy to end up over confusing things - don't feel bad! The following is how I would attempt to meet the challenge...

.row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.column {
  /* we use flex-basis in the flex item to set it's initial main size */
  flex-basis: 300px;
  /* flex-grow requires no measurement units, just a number */
  flex-grow: 1;
}