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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Flexbox Layout Flexbox Layout Challenge

Posted by Robert Wildling
Robert Wildling
Courses Plus Student 364 Points

Flexbox Layout chal. - Final qu.: when using the chrome tools, setting .secondary{order:1;} works, but not in the test.

When using the chrome tools, setting .secondary{order:1;} works, but not in the test. Why?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Flexbox</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="main-wrapper">
        <header class="main-header">
            <ul class="main-nav">
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                <li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
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                <li><a href="#">Writing</a></li>
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            </ul>
        </header>
        <div class="content-row">
            <div class="primary col">
                <h1>I'm a Designer</h1>
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            </div>
            <div class="secondary col">
                <h2>I Also Write Secondary</h2>
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            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
@media (min-width: 611px) {

    /* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
  .main-nav {
    display: flex;
  }

  .main-nav li {
    flex-grow: 1;
  }

  .content-row {
    display: flex;
  }

  .secondary {
    order: 1;
  }

  .primary {
    order: 2;
  }

}

2 Answers

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi Robert,

Instead of number individually with flex you can just use a negative value and that seems to be what the challenge is looking for so below is the code I used to pass the challenge :)

@media (min-width: 611px) {

   /* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
  .main-nav,
  .content-row {
    display: flex;
  }
  .main-nav li {
    flex-grow: 1;
  }
  .secondary {
    order: -1;
  }
}

Hope this helps Craig

Robert Wildling
PLUS
Robert Wildling
Courses Plus Student 364 Points
Robert Wildling
Robert Wildling
Courses Plus Student 364 Points

Thanks, Craig! That is it!