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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Building a Layout with Flexbox Flexbox Columns Challenge

Posted by Jirka Michalik
Jirka Michalik
11,573 Points

Let's display equal -- but flexible -- widths for the columns. Create a new rule that targets the columns. Then, set the

Can anyone help me please? I actually don't know how to do that :/

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

.row {
  display: flex;
}

.column {
  flex: 1;
  width: 300px;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Flexbox 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="row">   
      <div class="secondary column">
        <h2>Welcome!</h2>
        <p>Everything in this city is worth waiting in line for. Cupcake ipsum dolor sit.</p>
        <p>Wafer lollipop dessert. Bonbon jelly beans pudding dessert sugar plum.</p>
      </div>

      <div class="primary column">
        <h2>How to get here</h2>
        <p><strong>Plane: </strong>Tiramisu caramels gummies chupa chups lollipop muffin. Jujubes chocolate caramels cheesecake brownie lollipop drag&#233;e cheesecake.</p>
        <p><strong>Train: </strong>Pie apple pie pudding I love wafer toffee liquorice sesame snaps lemon drops. Lollipop gummi bears dessert muffin.</p>
        <p><strong>Car: </strong>Jelly cotton candy bonbon jelly-o jelly-o I love. I love sugar plum chocolate cake pie I love pastry liquorice.</p>
      </div>

      <div class="tertiary column">
        <h2>Great food</h2>
        <p>Croissant macaroon pie brownie. Cookie marshmallow liquorice gingerbread.</p>
        <p>Wafer lollipop dessert. Bonbon jelly beans pudding dessert sugar plum.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Nick Yoho
Nick Yoho
6,957 Points
Nick Yoho
Nick Yoho
6,957 Points

Very close! Instead of adding the width property just add the 300px next in flex as the flex-basis value. Flex-basis is what sets the initial value for the item.

.row {
  display: flex;
}

.column {
  flex: 1 300px;
}

alternatively you could declare it separate from flex 

.row {
  display: flex;
}

.column {
  flex: 1;
  flex-basis : 300px;
}
Jirka Michalik
Jirka Michalik
11,573 Points
Jirka Michalik
Jirka Michalik
11,573 Points

Thanks lad ... you are awesome !