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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Building a Layout with Flexbox Building a Navigation Bar with Flexbox

Jess W
Jess W
4,391 Points
Posted by Jess W
Jess W
4,391 Points

Setting the .main-nav to align-self: center; Vs the parent .main-header align-items: center;

I was wondering if there's a difference in how the structure of the overall page is affected if I were to only adjust the .main-nav align-self:center VS the .main-headers align-items: center; ? Is it considered better practice to change the parent container and not the child in this case? if that makes sense?

@media (min-width: 769px) { .main-header, .main-nav { display: flex;

.main-header { flex-direction: column; align-items: center; }

/* ----Setting the .main-nav instead? ---- / / .main-nav { align-self: center;

} */ }