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barnabasadedoyin
1,501 PointsText not aligning well
Hi, on responsive course. I did my #primary and #secondary css and created section id for them but after refreshing my browsers it gives this-screenshot: http://awesomescreenshot.com/0903rej8f5
How can I make the text to be properly aligned?
barnabasadedoyin
1,501 PointsHi Michael, here is the code I followed:
primary {
width: 50px;
float: left;
}
#secondary { width: 40px; float: right; }
2 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi barnabasadedoyin,
You used px instead of %. This made your columns really narrow.
barnabasadedoyin
1,501 PointsOuch! Thanks Jason. That's it.
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsYou're welcome.
Jon Benson
12,168 PointsBarnabasadedoyin--
We need to see your code, check out the Markdown Cheatsheet below to see how to make it show up in here.
Mostly it's the three backticks surrounding code html
<a> What the heck?</a>
Then post up the code! All the Best, Jon
barnabasadedoyin
1,501 PointsOk Jon, here is the code:
primary {
width: 50px;
float: left;
}
#secondary { width: 40px; float: right; }
But the text didn't aligned well still...
Michael Caveney
50,144 PointsMichael Caveney
50,144 PointsDid you set the text-align to left? If so, what are your margins set to?