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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors :nth Pseudo-Class Challenge

Posted by Marcin Kurek
Marcin Kurek
9,856 Points

what is wrong with my solution?

This is one of the tasks from css selectors course. I can't see where is the mistake :(

style.css 
/* Write the CSS in the media query below */

@media (min-width: 607px) {
  img{
    float:left;}


img:nth-child(n3+4) {
    clear:both;}
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Selectors</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <img src="thumb-forest.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-resort.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-trees.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-falls.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-view.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-sunset.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-lake.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-beach.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-bay.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-peaks.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-falls.jpg" alt="">
    <img src="thumb-resort.jpg" alt="">
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Reggie Williams
STAFF
Reggie Williams
Treehouse Teacher
Reggie Williams
Reggie Williams
Treehouse Teacher

Hey Marcin Kurek ! You'll want to put the value of the cycle size before the n. So instead of img:nth-child(n3+4) It should be :

img:nth-child(3n+4)

Check out the example here https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/sel_nth-child.asp

Marcin Kurek
Marcin Kurek
9,856 Points
Marcin Kurek
Marcin Kurek
9,856 Points

oh okay stupid me! made a mistake in the order of items in the brackets. THANKS!

Reggie Williams
Reggie Williams
Treehouse Teacher
Reggie Williams
Reggie Williams
Treehouse Teacher

Don't get too down on yourself while you're learning Marcin Kurek. Syntax is one of the more challenging things to learn but will become more natural with practice. You're doing great and you're welcome