CSS Grid Task: Navbar h1 element-How to center inline?

Hi all,

I’ve finished the Grid Task Board Project ([Link to Task])(https://www.codecademy.com/courses/learn-css/projects/css-grid-project-ii?action=resume_content_item), but can’t get the navbar h1 element at the top of the page to center inline (“Stuffed Animal Task List”). I’ve tried to display: inline-block, and add a single row.

Can anyone shed some light?

Hi @Cmarx2

Please share your code so that we can help you

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Have you tried

text-align: center;

or

margin: 0 auto;

Ok, so I fixed it by making a grid in the navbar, and set navbar h1 to ‘c’. Is there a better way to have done that?

Here is the code. If there’s a better way to be uploading, let me know! I’m still learning and appreciate any help!

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<title>Project Task Board</title>
		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"/>
		<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div class="bg"></div>
		<div class="navbar">
			<div class="search-bar">
				<img class="search-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/search_icon.svg">
			</div>
			<h1>STUFFED ANIMAL TASK LIST</h1>
		</div>
		<div class="site-body">
			<div class="container">
				<div class="card-column future-projects">
					<div class="taskgroup-heading">
						<h2>FUTURE PROJECTS</h2>
						<div class="ellipsis-icon">
							<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/oval-copy.svg">
							<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/oval-copy.svg">
							<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/oval-copy.svg">
						</div>
					</div>
					<div class="card future-i">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">Pick Color Trends</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/21/2017</p>
					</div>
					<div class="card future-ii">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">Source Fabrics</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/21/2017</p>
					</div>
					<div class="card future-iii">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">Manufacture clothing</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/20/2017</p>
					</div>
					<div class="card future-iv">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">Confirm structural integrity</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/23/2017</p>
					</div>
					<div class="card future-v">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">Manufacture mandibles</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/26/2017</p>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div class="card-column active-projects">
					<div class="taskgroup-heading">
						<h2>ACTIVE PROJECTS</h2>
						<div class="ellipsis-icon">
							<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/oval-copy.svg">
							<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/oval-copy.svg">
							<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/oval-copy.svg">
						</div>
					</div>
					<div class="card project-i">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">Test fear factor</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/20/2017</p>
					</div>
					<div class="card project-ii">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">Develop button samples</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/21/2017</p>
					</div>
					<div class="card project-iii">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">Recall malfunctioning giraffes</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/21/2017</p>
					</div>
					<div class="card project-iv">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">task task task task</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/20/2017</p>
					</div>
					<div class="card project-v">
						<div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
						<div class="rectangle green"></div>
						<div class="rectangle blue"></div>
						<div class="rectangle orange"></div>
						<p class="task-description">Perform user research on new stuffing</p>
						<img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
						<p class="task-date">4/23/2017</p>
					</div>
          </div><div class="card-column completed-projects">
  <div class="taskgroup-heading">
    <h2>COMPLETED PROJECTS</h2>
    <div class="ellipsis-icon">
    <img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/oval-copy.svg">
    <img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/oval-copy.svg">
    <img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/oval-copy.svg">
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="card complete-i">
    <div class="rectangle yellow"></div>
    <div class="rectangle green"></div>
    <div class="rectangle blue"></div>
    <div class="rectangle orange"></div>
    <p class="task-description">Research Trends</p>
    <img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg">
    <p class="task-date">4/19/2017</p>
  </div>
  <div class="add-card-container">
    <input class ="new-card-task" placeholder="Add a card...">
    <button class="add-card">Add</button>
  </div>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>
<script>
	$(document).ready(function(){
		$(".add-card").on("click", function(){
			var description = $(".new-card-task").val();
			var today = new Date();
			var dateStr = (today.getMonth()+1) + "/" + today.getDate() + "/" + today.getFullYear();
			var newCard = $(`<div class="card"><div class="rectangle yellow"></div><div class="rectangle green"></div><div class="rectangle blue"></div><div class="rectangle orange"></div><p class="task-description">${description}</p><img class="list-icon" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/list_icon.svg"><p class="task-date">${dateStr}</p></div>`)
			$(".add-card-container").before(newCard);
		})
	})
</script>

CSS

@font-face {
	font-family: WorkSans;
	src: url("https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/Work_Sans/WorkSans-Regular.ttf");
}
@font-face {
	font-family: Poppins;
	src: url("https://s3.amazonaws.com/codecademy-content/courses/learn-css-grid/project-ii/Resources/Poppins/Poppins-Regular.ttf");
}

html {
    height: 100%;
}
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    background-image: linear-gradient(359deg, #3023ae, #eb7f7b);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: fixed;
}

.navbar {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 10px 1fr 3fr 1fr;
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 60px;
    background-color: rgba(120,70,154, 0.2);
    text-align: center;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
		justify-content: space-around;
		grid-template-areas: "a a a a b b b b "																							
												"c c c c d d d d ";
												 
    align-items: start;
}

.navbar h1 {
		font-family: Poppins;
    color: #ffffff;
    margin: 0;
    align-self: center;
		display: inline-block;
		grid-area: c;
  }

.container {
	width: 1000px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  grid-gap: 20px;
  
}

.search-bar {
	display: inline-block;
	width: 23%;
	height: 40px;
	background-color: rgba(255,255,255, 0.35);
	left: 50px;
  top: 8px;
  position: absolute;
}

input {
	display: inline-block;
	border: none;
	background: transparent;
	font-size: 14px;
}

.search-bar input {
	float: left;
	height: 18px;
  margin-top: 9px;
  margin-left: 7px;	
}

.card-column input {
	height: 18px;
  margin-left: 15px;
 
}

.search-icon {
	float: left;	
  margin-top: 9px;
  margin-left: 7px;
}

.card-column {
	background-color: #ffffff;
  min-height: 700px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-rows: 20px repeat(5, 100px);
  align-content: space-between;
  grid-auto-rows: 100px;
}

.card-column h2 {
	padding: 0;
  margin: 0 auto;
  font-family: WorkSans;
  font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: 600;
	letter-spacing: 0.2px;
	text-align: left;
	color: #2f2f2f;
	display: inline-block;
}

.taskgroup-heading {
	margin-left: 15px;
	margin-top: 7px;
}

.site-body {
	position: absolute;
	top: 100px;
	margin-left: 50px;
}

.card {
	margin-right: 15px;
	margin-left: 15px;
	background-color: rgba(216, 216, 216, 0.21);
	border: solid 1px rgba(151,151,151,0.21);
	position: relative;
}

.rectangle {
  width: 57px;
  height: 6px;
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 7px;
}

.list-icon {
	display: inline-block;
	margin-left: 7px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	position: absolute;
	bottom: 0;
}

.task-description {
	margin-left: 7px;
	margin-top: 0;
	font-family: WorkSans;
	font-size: 14px;
	letter-spacing: 0.2px;
	text-align: left;
	color: #2f2f2f;
}

.ellipsis-icon {
	display: inline-block;
	float: right;
  margin-right: 15px;
}

.task-date {
	display: inline-block;
	font-family: WorkSans;
	font-size: 10px;
	letter-spacing: 0.1px;
	text-align: left;
	color: #9b9b9b;
	position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  left: 25px;
}

.yellow {
	background-color: #fdcb1e;
}

.orange {
	background-color: #ff7700;
}

.green {
	background-color: #50e3c2;
}

.blue {
	background-color: #3343e5;
}

.add-card {
	background-color: rgba(216, 216, 216, 0.21);
  border: solid 1px rgba(151,151,151,0.21);
  color: #2f2f2f;
}

I did, and it wasn’t coming out for some reason. I’ve uploaded the code below, and used a different solution.

Ok, glad you found something you are happy with ;).

I’ve copied and pasted both html and css codes aannd… it din’t work, the card is still stuck in the middle…