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 How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Build a Three Column Layout

Jeff Everhart
Jeff Everhart
21,732 Points
Posted by Jeff Everhart
Jeff Everhart
21,732 Points

layout problems: block vs. inline-block for .contact-info a

After setting break points for the two and three column layouts, I had some funky layout issues with the background images for the .contact-info a links. When set to display:block, the images would all float left away from the links, but changing display:block to display:inline-block fixed the issue.

I've compared my code to the project files and everything in main.css, responsive.css, and contact.html matches up. Changing the display value worked, but I'd like to know why display:block was acting up for me.

Any thoughts? 

.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;
}

.contact-info li.mail a{
  background-image: url('../img/mail.png')
}

.contact-info li.phone a{
   background-image: url('../img/phone.png')
}

.contact-info li.twitter a {
   background-image: url('../img/twitter.png')
}

2 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

I think this explanation will sum it up for you.

Kristina Groeger
Kristina Groeger
2,801 Points
Kristina Groeger
Kristina Groeger
2,801 Points

I had the exact same problem. I changed it from "display: inline;" to "display: inline-block;" and it seems to work just fine :) Hope I haven't bunged it up for the following instructions. :)