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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Make a CSS Image Gallery

Posted by Jake Camp
Jake Camp
578 Points

Add a margin of 2.5% help

Hey I'm having a hard time passing this challenge, I've read 3 different posts surrounding this and changed the code exactly, to no prevail.

Am I missing something or is this just bugged?

Mark Buskbjerg
Mark Buskbjerg
20,986 Points
Mark Buskbjerg
Mark Buskbjerg
20,986 Points

I have the exact same experience. I've tried several solutions. Either I'm missing something in the question, or there is a bug.

9 Answers

Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
19,845 Points
Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
19,845 Points

I passed with this code:

gallery li {

margin: 2.5%; color: black; background: white; }

Mark Buskbjerg
Mark Buskbjerg
20,986 Points
Mark Buskbjerg
Mark Buskbjerg
20,986 Points

This doesn't work for me

Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
19,845 Points
Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
19,845 Points

Actually, #gallery li.

Armando Toossi
Armando Toossi
968 Points
Armando Toossi
Armando Toossi
968 Points

This is what I have but it still won't work...

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

Anthony Jones
Anthony Jones
1,455 Points

you need to add a percent sign to the margin: (e.g. margin: 2.5%;)

Jesus Menera
Jesus Menera
17,304 Points
Jesus Menera
Jesus Menera
17,304 Points

Hi Armando, You are missing the percentage sign % like this:

margin: 2.5%;

Armando Toossi
Armando Toossi
968 Points
Armando Toossi
Armando Toossi
968 Points

Sorry I missed it this time because I did the exercise from start to finish 6 times now.. it doesn't work again here is the updated code:

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  color: black;
  background-color: grey;
}
Jesus Menera
Jesus Menera
17,304 Points
Jesus Menera
Jesus Menera
17,304 Points

It looks fine to me. Once I encounter a bug doing a css exercise. To fix it. I just put the code in a single line and I put the margin on the first line like this. #gallery li { margin: 2.5%; float: left; width: 45%; color: black; background-color: grey; }

Try it. You may get lucky. Your current code looks fine.

Armando Toossi
Armando Toossi
968 Points

Nope that did not work lol...

Jesus Menera
Jesus Menera
17,304 Points
Jesus Menera
Jesus Menera
17,304 Points

The only thing I can think is maybe they are asking your for a class instead of an id. An id is like this: #gallery and a class is with a period at the beginning like this: .gallery

.gallery li { margin: 2.5%; float: left; width: 45%; color: black; background-color: grey; }

but if that doesn't work. NO WORRIES! "Hakuna matata" Just keep going and comeback to it in a couple of hours or next day. Keep up on learning.

Jake Camp
Jake Camp
578 Points

I tried changing it to a class, it says task 3 is no longer passing. I tried removing the % sign, that doesn't work either. I think this is bugged.

Mike Dardano
Mike Dardano
2,256 Points
Mike Dardano
Mike Dardano
2,256 Points

There seems to be a lot of us in the same boat. I suggest we try and pass this somehow and come back to it later.

Jake Camp
Jake Camp
578 Points

I've just reported this to Treehouse, I'll reply to this forum post when I get a response :)

Guil Hernandez
STAFF
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher
Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there,

The code challenge requires you to change the browser's default text and background colors. If you set the text color to black or the background color to white, it doesn't detect a color change so it throws the error.

Sorry about the confusion––I just updated the task description. :)

Guil