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

Tim Sargent
Tim Sargent
6,788 Points
Posted by Tim Sargent
Tim Sargent
6,788 Points

not sure what im doing wrong here... it tells me to specify the "li", then i do and it gives me an error

after i put in the li it tells me to use the correct display ... so im not sure whats going on. any tips would be appreciated!

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

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

.main-nav {
    display: inline-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

Amber Wells
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Amber Wells
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,493 Points
Amber Wells
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Amber Wells
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,493 Points

Tim, they want you to select the li that is within the class .main-nav. If you just say li you are selecting all li's. In this case, you will want to use both (.main-nav li) in order to be specific. Does that make sense?