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General Discussion CSS Foundations Selectors Basic Attribute Selectors

Posted by Anders Grimen
Anders Grimen
Courses Plus Student 1,598 Points

Add a new attribute selector

hello:-) can someone please suggest what i am doing wrong in this task.

question: Add a new attribute selector that will target the input element with the type attribute value text. Set the background color to lightyellow.

html: <input type="text" name="email">

my answer: input [type="text"]{ color: lightyellow; }

output: Bummer! Please check your attribute selector, make sure background-color is set to 'lightyellow'.

1 Answer

Anders Grimen
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Anders Grimen
Courses Plus Student 1,598 Points
Anders Grimen
Anders Grimen
Courses Plus Student 1,598 Points

I'm sorry i see my own mistake, i wrote color: instad of background-color:

so i think this should do it:

[type="text"]{ background-color: lightyellow; }