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

Jamil Naeem
Jamil Naeem
6,071 Points
Posted by Jamil Naeem
Jamil Naeem
6,071 Points

What display value generates a block element that flows with surrounding content?

I use display: block, inline-block- and inline and I still was not able to pass this challenge.

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

header {
  text-align: center;
}
.logo {
  width: 110px;
  margin: auto;
}
.main-nav li{
  display: block;
  float:left;
}
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>
Ned Marafawi
Ned Marafawi
7,995 Points

You don't need to change anything on index.html only on style.css

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

1 Answer

Kimberly DeRouin
Kimberly DeRouin
14,339 Points
Kimberly DeRouin
Kimberly DeRouin
14,339 Points

inline-block will work. Using float:left; would be throwing it off. Floats are useful in other ways for layout, but not what this particular task is calling for.

Inline-block will let each <li> remain a block-level element, while at the same time allowing surrounding content (the other <li>s) to flow around it as though it's inline.

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