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CSS CSS Layout Basics Page Layout with the Float Property Footer Layout with Floats

Posted by Kevin Herold
Kevin Herold
1,235 Points

The floats inside the <footer> caused its height to collapse. Give the <footer> element the class that will clear all fl

can not figure out what Im doing wrong for this question

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */



.clearfix::after {
  content: "";
  display: table;
  clear: both;
}

.footer-nav {
  float: left;
}

.logo {
  float: right;
}

.footer-nav li {
  float: right;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Getting Started with CSS Layout</title>
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
    <body>
    <div class="container">

    <footer>

            <img class="logo" src="city-logo.svg" alt="logo">
            <ul class="footer-nav">
                <li><a href="#">Ice cream</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Donuts</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Tea</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Coffee</a></li>
            </ul>
            <p class="copyright">&copy;2015 The Best City.</p>
        </footer>
    </div>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Chris Jardine
Chris Jardine
13,299 Points
Chris Jardine
Chris Jardine
13,299 Points

Hi Kevin

They have already added a .clearfix:after in the CSS, you just have to add that class to the HTML document in the <footer> tag.

<footer class="clearfix">...</footer>