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

Posted by Amanda Baldwin
Amanda Baldwin
2,983 Points

Max-width

I am having trouble trying to find where to put the max-width in this challenge. Please help. 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;
}


#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

#gallery li a p {
  margin: 0'
  padding: 5%;
  font-size: 0.75em;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}
Shaun Byrnes
Shaun Byrnes
4,730 Points
Shaun Byrnes
Shaun Byrnes
4,730 Points

So, for this challenge, we need to set a maximum width to our images to have them fill up the contents of the parent. We need to create a rule that targets these images to change the width. I tried the challenge and was able to complete it using the following:

img { max-width: 100%; }

Hope this helps!

1 Answer

Matan Shrager
Matan Shrager
3,169 Points
Matan Shrager
Matan Shrager
3,169 Points

You should use the following:

img {
max-width: 100%;
}

This will allow the img width to be as big as the parent element width, or smaller than the parent element width. This property is especially useful for responsive design, as it prevents the images from growing too large on different devices.