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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Flexbox Layout Flexbox Layout Challenge

Posted by Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points

Next, use the flexbox property and value that gives every list item inside main-nav evenly distributed widths.

The error message reads "Make sure you're using the correct flex-grow property and value.".

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Flexbox</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="main-wrapper">
        <header class="main-header">
            <ul class="main-nav">
                <li class="main-logo"><h1><a href="#">My Work</a></h1></li>
                <li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Coding</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Writing</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Hire Me!</a></li>
            </ul>
        </header>
        <div class="content-row">
            <div class="primary col">
                <h1>I'm a Designer</h1>
                <p>I design beautiful user interfaces, then bring them to life with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I love including personal photographs of nature, people and everyday things in my designs.</p>
                <p>If you need a front-end designer for your next project, <a href="#">take a look at my work</a>, then <a href="#">get in touch</a>!</p>
            </div>
            <div class="secondary col">
                <h2>I Also Write</h2>
                <p>I like teaching others about the latest web in technology. So when I'm not designing or coding websites &amp; apps, you'll find me writing <a href="#">articles for my blog</a>.</p>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
@media (min-width: 611px) {

    /* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

  .main-nav {
    display: flex;
    flex-grow: 1;
   }

}

4 Answers

Mikkel Rasmussen
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 Points

Try 

   .main-nav {
  display: flex;
  }
  .main-nav li {
    flex-grow: 1;
  }

Full:

  .main-nav {
  display: flex;
  }
  .main-nav li {
    flex-grow: 1;
  }

  .content-row {
  display: flex;
  }
  .secondary  {
  order: -1;
  }
Himanshu Chopra
Himanshu Chopra
3,055 Points
Himanshu Chopra
Himanshu Chopra
3,055 Points

Try this

 .main-nav{
    display:flex ;
  }
  .main-nav li{
    flex-grow: 1;
    flex-basis: 0;
  }
Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points
Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points

Yeah, it's strange, but calling out the ".main-nav li" separately worked. The error messages are misleading sometimes. Thanks.

Mikkel Rasmussen
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 Points

It would be nice if you selected my answer as solved :)

Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points
Ben Berning
Ben Berning
31,784 Points

I checked your answer as the best answer.