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Posted by Colton Bryce Hamish Greer
Colton Bryce Hamish Greer
2,560 Points

Advanced selectors

Now, create an attribute selector that targets input elements with a type value of radio. In the same selector, add the :checked pseudo class, then use a combinator to target the label that is an immediate sibling of a radio button. Set the color to blue and the font weight to bold.

input[type="radio"]:checked { color: blue; font-weight: bold; }

1 Answer

Gary Mann
Gary Mann
8,639 Points
Gary Mann
Gary Mann
8,639 Points

The wording is confusing, but it would be hard to word it without confusion. To grasp what you're trying to do, you can try reading it one step at a time, and going to the 'preview' and refreshing.

They want you to get it so that when the user checks the radio button with the label "option 1" or "option 2", the text of the label turns blue and bold.

So you're targeting the text label instead of the actual radio button.

"create an attribute selector that targets input elements with a type value of radio"

input[type="radio"] { }

Okay.

"in the same selector, add the checked pseudo-class"

input[type="radio"]:checked { }

Yeah, you got that.

"then use a combinator to target the label that is an immediate sibling of a radio button."

What's the Adjacent Sibling Selector?

input[type="radio"]:checked + label {
  color: blue;
  font-weight: bold;
}

Ahh, we're declaring styles for the label of the radio button when the radio button is checked.

Colton Bryce Hamish Greer
Colton Bryce Hamish Greer
2,560 Points

Thanks Gary, this was a very thorough and helpful answer