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

Darius Moravcik
Darius Moravcik
6,879 Points
Posted by Darius Moravcik
Darius Moravcik
6,879 Points

What is the property that specifies the initial main size of the columns?

I can't seem to get this to work

.column { flex: 1; }

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

.row {
  display: flex;
}

.column {
  flex: 1;
}
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>

1 Answer

Josh Sneddon
Josh Sneddon
15,943 Points
Josh Sneddon
Josh Sneddon
15,943 Points

Hi Darius, the 'flex-basis' property is what you are looking for. To pass the challenge, add '---' to the flex shorthand property you have applied to the column class. It would look like this: .column{---}

Darius Moravcik
Darius Moravcik
6,879 Points
Darius Moravcik
Darius Moravcik
6,879 Points

Thanks a lot, that made it more clear.

I ended up using this, to set the columns to display in one line when 300px or wider:

.column { flex: 1 300px; }