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Carl Hart
4,870 PointsAdvanced selectors - nth-child
I am doing the code challenge for selecting all the even list items from the ul , so my code is:
'''css
ul:nth-child(even) { color: white; background-color: black; } '''
However, this is somehow wrong, it keeps asking me to check my selector and make sure I have changed the background color to black, where am I going wrong??
2 Answers
Unsubscribed User
4,170 PointsHi Carl Hart , see if this hint helps you: "Use the :nth-child pseudo-class to target the even list items only." Basically you are missing something in your selector.
Let me know if you still have issues figuring out how to solve this exercise.
Jonathan Gurr
Courses Plus Student 1,859 Pointslol I made the same mistake, thanks to both for your help.
Carl Hart
4,870 PointsCarl Hart
4,870 Pointsah, okay thank you, so it should be '''css li:nth-child(even) { color: white; background-color: black; } '''
The error of my thinking was because the list items are nested (and therefore direct children) of the ul, so somehow it seemed to make more sense to say ul:nth-child(even), oops! thank you for your help!