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

João Lúcio Gomes
João Lúcio Gomes
914 Points
Posted by João Lúcio Gomes
João Lúcio Gomes
914 Points

nth-child not working... Why?

I'm not sure I got this... Any suggestions? :)

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(4) {
    clear: left;
  }

}

1 Answer

Julie Ogden
Julie Ogden
3,330 Points

You need to notate it as 4n+0, as I've done here. The first number, which in this case is 4, is how many children to go forward. The last number, in this case 0, is your starting number. So for example, if I used (5n+100), it would count every 5th child from the 100th onward.

What you've written would apply the styling to only the 4th child in the element.

This website has a great explanation as well: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/%3Anth-child

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) { #gallery li{ width: 28.3333%; }

#gallery li:nth-child(4n+0){ clear: left; } }

Hope this helped!

João Lúcio Gomes
João Lúcio Gomes
914 Points
João Lúcio Gomes
João Lúcio Gomes
914 Points

So it only loops if I use the an+b formula? Thanks for the tip!