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

Posted by Sandra Frazier
Sandra Frazier
5,223 Points

What is the initial main size of column in challenge? I'm stuck on this one!

I'm stuck on 'the initial main size of column' in the challenge in CSS Flexbox Layout.

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

.row,
.column {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: space-between;
}
.column {
  flex-grow: 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

Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points
Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points

Hi Sandra,

The code challenge is actually looking for the flex-basis property (used in combination with flex-grow). No media queries needed :)

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

.column {
  flex-grow: 1;
  flex-basis: 300px; 
}

You can check out more about the flex-basis property at the MDN - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/flex-basis

Sandra Frazier
Sandra Frazier
5,223 Points
Sandra Frazier
Sandra Frazier
5,223 Points

Thank you Benjamin!