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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Float Layout Float Layout Challenge

Posted by Joshua szkodlarski
Joshua szkodlarski
8,604 Points

It looks like we need a clearfix in the header. Give the main-header element the class we created for clearing floats

im not sure what to do here

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Floats</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="main-wrapper">  
        <header class="main-header">
            <h1 class="main-logo"><a href="#">My Work</a></h1>
            <ul class="main-nav">
                <li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Coding</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Writing</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Hire Me!</a></li>
            </ul>
        </header>
        <div class="primary col">
            <h1>I'm a Designer</h1>
            <p>I design beautiful user interfaces, then bring them to life with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I love including personal photographs of nature, people and everyday things in my designs.</p>
            <p>If you need a front-end designer for your next project, <a href="#">take a look at my work</a>, then <a href="#">get in touch</a>!</p>
        </div>
        <div class="secondary col">
            <h2>I Also Write</h2>
            <p>I like teaching others about the latest web in technology. So when I'm not designing or coding websites &amp; apps, you'll find me writing <a href="#">articles for my blog</a>.</p>
        </div>
        <div class="extra">

        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Float Styles
================================ */
.main-logo, .main-nav li{
float:left;
}

.main-header {
float: clear;
}

/* Float Clearfix
================================ */

.group:after {
  content: " ";
  display: table;
  clear: both;
}

3 Answers

Brooke Janssens
Brooke Janssens
8,090 Points
Brooke Janssens
Brooke Janssens
8,090 Points

You also don't need to write any CSS for this answer, it's already written. Adding "group" after the main-header element completes the clearfix in the CSS.

You can see the explanation at the 3 minute mark here: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/css-layout-techniques/float-layout/the-float-clearfix

Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points

You need to add a class of group to your header tag.

Winifred Trinidad
Winifred Trinidad
7,492 Points
Winifred Trinidad
Winifred Trinidad
7,492 Points

Go to index.html, add class of group to your header tag <header class="main-header group">