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

Jamie Robertson
Jamie Robertson
3,627 Points
Posted by Jamie Robertson
Jamie Robertson
3,627 Points

I can not clear the left side of every 4th item

What have I done wrong?

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;
}

1 Answer

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Jamie,

The value 4 by itself will only select the first element in the fourth position within the #gallery wrapper, in order to select every fourth element we need to use an nth expression which we do by using one-to-two numbers and the letter n, in this case we only need to use one number.

So the expression we want is 4n as that will tell the browser we require every nth child to the power of 4 which will result in the first three elements being skipped, the fourth being selected, the next three skipped and so on.

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {
  #gallery li {
    width: 28.3333%;
  }

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

Also you appear to be missing a close brace from your selector, make sure everything has an opening and closing brace or the browser will ignore that one section of CSS entirely. On another note, if you ever find yourself stuck I recommend you have some fun with the below link, it allows you to test all kinds of expressions in real-time without the need to write any CSS.

https://css-tricks.com/examples/nth-child-tester/

Happy coding!