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CSS

String Grasshopper
String Grasshopper
9,735 Points
Posted by String Grasshopper
String Grasshopper
9,735 Points

What's wrong with my code?

After finishing the HTML and CSS course I decided to mess around and build a one-page website. I haven't gotten very far and have already encountered my first problem. The problem is that the navigation links refuse to appear inside my div with the class "main-header" on the top of my page.

Any idea on what I might be doing wrong?

Here's my code:

Index.html: <html> <head> <title>Newbie Web Developer</title> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <header> <div class="main-header"> <h1 id="heading-text">Newbie Web Developer</h1> <nav> <li>About</li> <li>Contact</li> </nav> </div> </header> <footer>
</footer> </body> </html>

And here's my CSS file:

.main-header {
  background-image: linear-gradient(#CCF5FF, #006680);
  width: auto;
  height: 100px;
}

#heading-text {
  padding: 60px 0 0 15px;
}

nav {
  float: right;
}

/* BODY */
body {
  background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, #006680, #111);
}

/* FOOTER */
Craig Schlegel
Craig Schlegel
12,268 Points
Craig Schlegel
Craig Schlegel
12,268 Points

This is a common problem. Whenever you use the "float" property it creates a problem for parent div with it clearing. The best way I have seen to fix this is from perishable press. What you need to do is create a "clearfix" class that creates a div after the parent div that will fix the clearing problem. In this case you would add the class to "main-header".

<div class="main-header clearfix">

Here is what you would add to the css then:

.clearfix:after {
    visibility: hidden;
    display: block;
    font-size: 0;
    content: " ";
    clear: both;
    height: 0;
}

1 Answer

String Grasshopper
String Grasshopper
9,735 Points
String Grasshopper
String Grasshopper
9,735 Points

Thanks! Well, I tried a few things here and there with little luck. However, after noodling around for an hour or so, I figured out the problem! It turns out that h1 displays as block elements by default so I had to change its display property to inline to avoid it pushing down the nav items :D