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HTML How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Refactor the Layout

Posted by Nick Fite
Nick Fite
11,168 Points

Taking a code challenge, hit a hard stop on one of the questions

Hey folks! I am taking a CSS coding challenge in the How to Make a Website track. The task is to clear left on every 4th list item in the gallery, and the code I have is this:

gallery li:nth-child(4) {

clear: left; }

this is pretty much exactly how Nick had it done in the video but for some reason it's not working. Any ideas?

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

h1 {
  font-family: Changa One, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding: 0;
}

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

nav a {
  font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px;
}

.profile-photo {
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto 30px;
      max-width: 150px;
  border-radius: 100%;
}

.contact-info {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.9em;
}

.contact-info a {
  display: block;
  min-height: 20px;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: 20px 20px;
  padding: 0 0 0 30px;
  margin: 0 0 10px;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {

  #gallery li {
    width: 28.3333%;
  }

  #gallery li:nth-child(4) {
  clear: left;
  }

}

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The value of "4" will apply the clear to the 4th item.

:point_right: To apply the clear to every 4th item (repeating), the value should be "4n"

Matthew Garza
Matthew Garza
26,312 Points
Matthew Garza
Matthew Garza
26,312 Points

Its every 4th item you need to target so this is the code I used to pass the quiz : )

#gallery li { width: 28.3333%; } #gallery li:nth-child(4n4) { clear: left; }

Nick Fite
Nick Fite
11,168 Points
Nick Fite
Nick Fite
11,168 Points

Thanks guys for helping!!