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Robert O'Toole
6,366 Pointsi really need help
in this lesson now it seems like we are completely scrapping the <li> <ul> stuff just to make flexbox work. in all tutorials i see flex box being used like this example (with classes and no targetting of li etc.
we learned before that nav bars should be set up with <ul><li> and <nav> tags so perhaps this video should teach you how to use a nav bar with those actual tags incorporated? i know quite well now how to use flexbox with classes and ids...
when i try to write code that uses classes and <li> or <ul> it doesn't seem to target anything correctly. im really starting to get discouraged.. all of these tutorials are way to example specific. perhaps im missing something
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Steven Parker
231,271 PointsID's and classes make good CSS targets because they are (or can be) unique on the page. But tags are more likely to be used elsewhere so it might be necessary to be more specific. A descendant selector might be useful in this case.
For example, to convert the unordered list in a nav section into a flexbox, and then set it's items to share space equally:
nav ul { display: flex; list-style: none; }
nav li { flex: 1; }
Robert O'Toole
6,366 PointsRobert O'Toole
6,366 Pointsi suppose im asking if anyone can tell me how to properly target items with flexbox... do i target the classes? the navs? too many differing approaches