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

Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,139 Points

Task 2/3 I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong

I simply do not know how to solve this quiz

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

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

.main-nav li {
  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>
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,139 Points

This is what the quiz asks me to do:

The <ul> with the class main-nav is a block-level element by default, so it takes up the full width of its container. Let's set .main-nav to be as wide as the content inside it. Change the display of .main-nav to the display value that generates a block element that doesn't take up a full line.

1 Answer

Katie Wood
Katie Wood
19,141 Points

Hi there - I see you already have the .main-nav list items set to inline-block, as it asks in the first step of the challenge. Here, it is asking you to also set the .main-nav element itself to display inline block. So, what you'll need is a new rule that looks like: 

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

Right now, you have the list items set to display inline-block, but their container, main-nav, is still displaying as a block-level element. The above rule should do what the challenge is asking.

Good luck!

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,139 Points

Thanks a lot Katie :)