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

Posted by Kennedy Chimwanda
Kennedy Chimwanda
10,237 Points

I am failing to clear the left side of every 4th list item in the gallery. What can be the problem here?

gallery li:nth-child(4th) {

clear: left; }

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 (4th) {
    clear: left;
}
}
Kennedy Chimwanda
Kennedy Chimwanda
10,237 Points

I figured out that its supposed to be:

gallery li:nth-child (4n) {

clear: left;

}

INSTEAD OF;

gallery li:nth-child (4th) {

clear: left;

}

Sara Chicazul
Sara Chicazul
7,475 Points

Excellent! You figured it out on your own. (:

1 Answer

Sara Chicazul
Sara Chicazul
7,475 Points

The :nth-child() selector takes a number in parentheses, not text. CSS is not smart enough to know what "2nd" or "4th" means, so you have to translate the question into a different format.

You also seem to have an extra closing bracket at the end of your code? I'm not sure if that will cause problems.

Kennedy Chimwanda
Kennedy Chimwanda
10,237 Points

Thank Sara!

Its sorted now. The last bracket was closing the media query..