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

Warren Guillema
Warren Guillema
3,880 Points
Posted by Warren Guillema
Warren Guillema
3,880 Points

CSS 'nth-child' syntax is not working for Challenge Task 2 of 2

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

#gallery li {
width: 28.3333%;

}

gallery li:nth-child(4) {

clear: left;
}

}

The above CSS rule is coming up with the Bummer! message:

"Did you set 'clear: left' on every fourth gallery list item?"

Can someone help me out with this problem?

Thanks! :)

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

John Steer-Fowler
PLUS
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points
John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

Hi Warren,

You are missing out the 'n' in the nth-child. Your code should look something like this:

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {
  #gallery li {
    width: 28.3333%;
  }
  #gallery li:nth-child(4n) {
    clear: left; 
  }
}

Hope this helps.

John Steer-Fowler
PLUS
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points
John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

I also deleted your duplicate question, and tidied up the title for this question.

Let me know if you need any further help.

Dennis Pilat
Dennis Pilat
2,115 Points

Why do we need an n in nth-child(4n)? Specifically in the (4n)

Warren Guillema
Warren Guillema
3,880 Points
Warren Guillema
Warren Guillema
3,880 Points

Thanks a lot John!

This really helped! Cheers! :D

John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points
John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

You're welcome.

Glad you are back on track. Keep up the good work!