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Jason Larkin
13,970 PointsClearing every 4th item in the gallery list items not working.
#gallery li: nth-child (4n){ clear: left;}
The above CSS SHOULD be the solution to Refactor the Layout code challenge #2 but it won't accept it. Any ideas? Thanks.
4 Answers
Lauren Clark
33,155 PointsOh right.
#gallery li:nth-child(4n) { clear: left;}
You have a space prior to the 4n expression, and after the colon. Try that, without the spaces.
Lauren Clark
33,155 PointsIf you post your code and the question, I can take a look?
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points#gallery li: nth-child (4n){ clear: left;}
This should be the proper code but it isn't working. Thank you in advance for your response.
Jason Larkin
13,970 PointsThank you Lauren, that worked!
ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Pointsammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 PointsI been banging my head over this. I was missing 'n', what's n stand for?
Lauren Clark
33,155 PointsLauren Clark
33,155 PointsIt's a counter. So we're saying here, for every nth child, on the nth step, do this.
So 4n would select every third item, missing out the first and second. If you just had 4 in there, without the 'n' it would just select the 4th child that one time.
n is looping over the children of li, counting every 4th step, and applying the code in the block, which in this case is clearing the left float.
n is 0 indexed so we're actually clearing the third item, so that it doesn't affect the 4th.