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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Building a Layout with Flexbox Flexbox Columns Challenge

Posted by Duc Vu
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Duc Vu
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 4,240 Points

Trouble when trying to understand the question!

I don't really understand question of this challenge. It's seem like I did very things correct but it still had some problems. Could anybody explain for me what is the problem here? Thanks a lot!

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.row {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.column {
  flex: 1; 
}

@media (min-width: 300px) {
  .row {
    flex-direction: row
  }
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Flexbox Layout</title>
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="row">   
      <div class="secondary column">
        <h2>Welcome!</h2>
        <p>Everything in this city is worth waiting in line for. Cupcake ipsum dolor sit.</p>
        <p>Wafer lollipop dessert. Bonbon jelly beans pudding dessert sugar plum.</p>
      </div>

      <div class="primary column">
        <h2>How to get here</h2>
        <p><strong>Plane: </strong>Tiramisu caramels gummies chupa chups lollipop muffin. Jujubes chocolate caramels cheesecake brownie lollipop drag&#233;e cheesecake.</p>
        <p><strong>Train: </strong>Pie apple pie pudding I love wafer toffee liquorice sesame snaps lemon drops. Lollipop gummi bears dessert muffin.</p>
        <p><strong>Car: </strong>Jelly cotton candy bonbon jelly-o jelly-o I love. I love sugar plum chocolate cake pie I love pastry liquorice.</p>
      </div>

      <div class="tertiary column">
        <h2>Great food</h2>
        <p>Croissant macaroon pie brownie. Cookie marshmallow liquorice gingerbread.</p>
        <p>Wafer lollipop dessert. Bonbon jelly beans pudding dessert sugar plum.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points
Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points

Hey Duc,

The challenge is worded a little poorly, so I'll post the code that they're looking for, then I'll explain why it works:

Part 1:

.column {
  flex: 1 300px;
}

In the first part of the challenge, they want you to set the column to fit all of the flex items on one line if they column is 300px or wider.

We can achieve this by setting the flex-grow value to 1, which will distribute an equal width to each flex item on the same line within the column. So, the first value in the shorthand flex declaration represents this flex-grow value of 1.

Next, we assign a flex-basis value of 300px, which sets the initial main size of the column to 300px. This is the second value represented in the flex shorthand declaration.

Part 2

.row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

In the second part of the challenge, we give the flex items (the .row class) a flex-wrap declaration with a value of wrap. This will make the flex items wrap to the next line when the column width is less than 300px.

Good luck with the course!

Duc Vu
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Duc Vu
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 4,240 Points

Thanks a lot, Daniel.

Duc Vu
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Duc Vu
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 4,240 Points

Here is the question: 'Set the columns to expand and display on one line when they are 300px or wider, but when the columns are narrower than 300px, the browser will redistribute the space and display them on multiple lines.'