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894 PointsWhy does "#gallery li:nth-item(4n) { clear:left; }" work in CSS/project, but not in code challenge?
Code challenge says "inside the media query, clear the left side of every 4th list item in the gallery" (or words to that effect; can't read it while this window is up and not movable)
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-item(4n) {
clear: left;
}
}
1 Answer
Colin Bell
29,679 PointsYou have :nth-item(4n)
. It should be :nth-child(4n)
Ken Coomes
894 PointsKen Coomes
894 PointsThanks! I still don't know why nth-item worked in the course/project and didn't in the code challenge; nor why we needed to use nth-child in the code challenge, and that hasn't been "taught" yet in the course. But it worked, so thank you.
Colin Bell
29,679 PointsColin Bell
29,679 PointsJust a heads up, I'm not sure why
:nth-item
would have worked since it isn't a css pseudo-selector. The valid pseduo-selectors are:nth-child(n)
and:nth-of-type(n)
(And their variants like:first-child
,:last-child
,:first-of-type
, etc.)