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Kristian Woods
23,414 PointsWhy doesn't my <ul> expand width to cover all the <li>?
Hey, I have a nav that I'm trying to create with flexbox. I want the <ul> to have a max height, and have the <li> push to a new column when there isn't enough space for it.
I have displayed the <ul> inline-flex. The <li> are jumping on to a new column, but the <ul> doesn't expand with the <li> - causing an overflowing effect
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,261 PointsI'm not sure what you are expecting, but the ul cannot expand in height because of the max-height setting, and the width is explicitly set in the "threeColumn" class.
You'll need to remove one or more of the explicit constrictions if you want the size to be responsive.
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsBrendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsI don't understand. You want the top level
<ul>to expand and contract, and right now it's just always wide?FYI your top level
<ul>has a class "topul" but there are no CSS rules targeting that. Also, I'm not sure why it would be given the class "sub-menu" since it seems that it's the main menu and there are sub menus nested in it, but maybe I'm not following the purpose here.