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Unit 6 Website Development - Tutorial 2

2.20 Use align-items to control vertical alignment

Line up flex items neatly across the cross axis.

What You Are Adding

Align-items controls the cross axis in a flex container. In a row, this usually means vertical alignment. It is useful when items have different heights but should still line up neatly.

CSS To Add To css/style.css

Add or adapt this CSS in the stylesheet you created in Tutorial 1. Keep the HTML structure from Tutorial 1 and use CSS to improve the presentation.

.header-content {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}

Expected Output

LogoNavigation is vertically centred.

Build It Yourself

  1. Open the same unit-6-website folder from Tutorial 1.
  2. Add or update the relevant HTML class names if this page uses classes.
  3. Add the CSS shown above to css/style.css.
  4. Save the stylesheet and refresh the website in the browser.
  5. Compare your page with the expected output preview.

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