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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Elements Challenge

Posted by yara el sabeh
yara el sabeh
Courses Plus Student 7,395 Points

create a new rule that will insert a pseudo-element after an a element.

it keeps on saying Let's use the double colon syntax for pseudo-elements

please any help

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

.progbar {
  display: block;
  width: 50%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: inherit;
    background-color: #5ece7f; 
}

.progbar {

    display: block;
    width: 24px;
    height: 24px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 49%;
    top: -9px;
    background-color: #7dd898; 
}

.progbar {
  height: 6px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: #d6d7d9;
  position: relative;
  margin-bottom: 3.875em; 
}

 .progbar::after {
  display: block;
  width: 50%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: inherit;
  background-color: #5ece7f;
}

a:after {
    content: " " attr(href) "";
}

.progbar::before {
  content: "";
    display: block;
    width: 24px;
    height: 24px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 49%;
    top: -9px;
    background-color: #7dd898; 
}
a:after {
    content: " " attr(href) "";
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Selectors</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="progbar"></div> 
    <a href="http://teamtreehouse.com">Check out the URL: </a>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jeremiah Bushau
Jeremiah Bushau
24,061 Points
Jeremiah Bushau
Jeremiah Bushau
24,061 Points

You have to read the instructions of these quizes very carefully, it wants you to modify the existing selectors. The a::after is the only one you have to create for yourself. Also, in the a::after selector the quotes in the value of your content property are not needed just the function. Fix the quotes and the syntax of your pseudo elements and you'll be good to go. Here is an example.

.progbar::after {
  content: "";
  display: block;
  width: 50%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: inherit;
  background-color: #5ece7f;
}

.progbar::before {
  content: "";
  display: block;
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  position: absolute;
  left: 49%;
  top: -9px;
  background-color: #7dd898; 
}

.progbar {
  height: 6px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: #d6d7d9;
  position: relative;
  margin-bottom: 3.875em; 
}

a::after {
  content: attr(href);
}
yara el sabeh
yara el sabeh
Courses Plus Student 7,395 Points

Thank you :)