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CSS CSS Layout Basics Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes CSS Display Modes Challenge

Posted by Kim Dallas
Kim Dallas
11,461 Points

what am I missing

I have got the main nav display

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

header {
  text-align: center;

}
.logo:
.main-nav li

  text-align:center;
  width: 110px;
  margin: auto;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Getting Started with 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="logo">
            <ul class="main-nav">
                <li><a href="#">Ice cream</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Donuts</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Tea</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Coffee</a></li>
            </ul>
        </header>
    </div>
    </body>
</html>
Jake Brazewell
Jake Brazewell
8,737 Points

Hi Kim,

With the first challenge it is asking you to use the display value that generates a block element that flows with surrounding content (flows INLINE). so you would need to use the "inline-block" display value. Like this:

header { 
  text-align: center;
}
.logo {
  width: 110px;
  margin: auto;
}

.main-nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

Question 2 is very similar but only targeting the main-nav rather than its child li element. Also make sure your curly braces are in the right places :) (there is no opening brace after "main-nav li")

1 Answer

Martha Brown
Martha Brown
4,380 Points
Martha Brown
Martha Brown
4,380 Points

Hello Kim,

As a newbie to coding, I often feel unsure as how to create the least amount of CSS. With this challenge, the .logo class needs to be targeted separately from the .main-nav li class as follows: .main-nav li { display: inline-block; }

} header { text-align: center; } .logo { width: 110px; margin: auto; }

.main-nav li { display: inline-block; }

Also, when listing more than one selector they need to be separated with commas. For example, .intro, .main-header { } Happy coding!

Kind regards,

Martha