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CSS CSS Layout CSS Layout Techniques Float

Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points
Posted by Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points

using clear on the p element

Long day and I can't seem to grasp this basic challenge, please help

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.img {
  float: left;
}

p {
  clear: 
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Developer Diane's blog</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <header>
    Developer Diane’s Blog
  </header>
  <article>
    <section class="intro">
      <img src="developer-diane.jpg" alt="Developer Diane coding on her laptop." class="img">
      <h1>The verdict is in. CSS Layout is great!</h1>
      <p class="clear">I’ve been working with CSS for a while now, and I have to say, it’s pretty awesome. I love being able to separate content from presentation, and to keep all my styles in an external stylesheet.</p>
      <p>I’ve had a pretty good grasp on the basics for a while now, but I needed to learn more about how to control layout with my CSS. Understanding CSS layout meant first exploring the parts of the CSS box model.</p>
    </section>
    <footer>©2020 Developer Diane.</footer>
</body>
</html>
Kristjan Vingel
Kristjan Vingel
7,992 Points

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/clear

Also, you need to target the paragraph with the class "clear" - not just any paragraph.

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

You could either use clear: left or clear: both. which would put the paragraph in question back into normal document flow. 🙂