Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Flexbox Properties Growing and Aligning Flex Items

Posted by Kim Dallas
Kim Dallas
11,461 Points

flex basis should work

what have I done wrong

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

.row {
  display: flex;
}
.columns {
  display:flex-basis;
}

1 Answer

Dylan Olson
Dylan Olson
17,470 Points
Dylan Olson
Dylan Olson
17,470 Points

"flex-basis" is not actually a value for display. Now that you have correctly set the "row" class to a 'flex' container, your columns are "flex items". What flex-basis does is it defines the default size of your flex item before space is distributed in the container. This value can be a length or a keyword. It will look like this: flex-basis: 100px;

This link can help further explain: https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/f/flex-basis/