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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Build Navigation with Unordered Lists

Posted by john knight
john knight
Courses Plus Student 9,155 Points

ul{display:inline-block;}didn't function

ul{display:inline-block;}didn't function

1 Answer

Matthew Tran
Matthew Tran
16,343 Points
Matthew Tran
Matthew Tran
16,343 Points

The inline-block function works on the individual list items, not the entire list. Right now, you're telling the whole list to be inline with other items on that line. You need to select the individual list items. Two ways are show below:

ul li {
  display: inline-block;
}

nav li {
  display: inline-block; 
}