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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Flexbox Layout Flexbox Layout Challenge

Posted by Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points

Flexbox order property

Hi, I'm trying to get my .secondary class to change order so that it's the first. As a flexbox...

Please can somebody point out where I'm going wrong? Thanks!

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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            </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">
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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 {
    display: flex;
    order: -1;
  }

}

4 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi Elliot,

order: -1 is the right flexbox property to use but you don't need to specify display: flex; in the .secondary element.

Remove that property from your code and you should be good to go. :-)

Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points

That worked! Thanks!

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

No problem. Just remember as you get used to flexbox more you'll come to learn what is a Flex container and what is a flex item. :-)

Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points
Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points

Hi Jonathan, thanks for the reply - however this didn't quite work either.

Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points
Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points

Can anybody help so I can finish this?