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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Build Navigation with Unordered Lists

Posted by web pad
web pad
4,483 Points

Just wanna know why it doesn't work if I put the display property inside the nav ul selector? Why it has 2 be in nav li?

Hi, I still can't figure out why I just can't include or declare the "display:" property in the nav ul selector? Why did Nick have to declare it under the selector nav li? I tried it and what happened is that Portfolio, About, and Contact links are on top of each other, like how it was before. They are not side by side. Is it not that the nav ul is the same as nav li?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

The list (ul) is the container of the list items (li). The display property of the container only affects how the entire list interacts with other elements. For the items to appear side-by-side, their own display property must be changed.

web pad
web pad
4,483 Points

Thank you. Got it.