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

Posted by Anna Gibson
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Anna Gibson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,468 Points

What block level element full width?

I'm having a serious issue understanding this assignment. what block level element doesn't take up the full width of the line? What am I doing wrong? Do I even target .main-nav?

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

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

}
.main-nav li{
  display:block;

}
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>

1 Answer

reginabattle
reginabattle
16,634 Points
reginabattle
reginabattle
16,634 Points

Block level element do take up the full width of it's container. However, the challenge asks to "display the list items inside .main-nav side by side.". In order to accomplish this, the list items must be displayed inline.

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