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

Posted by Amy Foreman
Amy Foreman
2,317 Points

code challenge question: inside the media query, clear the left side of every 4th list item in the gallery...help

gallery li:nth-child(4n) {

clear:left; }

What am I doing wrong, it keeps asking me if I set "clear:left" on every fourth gallery list item?

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 (4n) { 
  clear: left;
}
}

2 Answers

mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

You are on the right track, and basically have it, with the exception of a minor typo. It appears in your code that there is a space between :nth-child and (4n), make sure there is not a space.

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {
  #gallery li {
   width: 28.3333%; 
  }
  #gallery li:nth-child(4n) {
   clear: left; 
  }
}
Christopher Mayfield
Christopher Mayfield
19,928 Points
Christopher Mayfield
Christopher Mayfield
19,928 Points

Thanks so much mikes, do you need the 4n is that standard?

mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

Christopher,

It depends what you are trying to accomplish, 4n selects every 4th item, where just 4 by itself would only select the 4th item, for example. For more information on nth-child I definitely recommend the article on CSS Tricks, it explains it very well: https://css-tricks.com/how-nth-child-works/