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Phuc Tran
6,542 PointsAn attribute selector problem
[id*="#"] { background-color: tomato; }
I was supposed to writ css code to target an elemeent ONLY IF its ID matches the HASH in a URL, and set its background-color to tomato.
So I used attribute selector like above, but apparently it didn't work.
Cheers, Phuc
4 Answers
Nick Nish
7,304 PointsHey @Phuc
There are many roads to success, in this case a lot of CSS selector solutions would work, including @Dustin's. If you want to use an attribute selector, you'll have to specify the type of element that you want to select: (or if you want to select all elements with an ID you can try the second line, but it's generally poor practice to overuse the (*))
div[id="id-name"] { background-color: tomato; }
*[id="id-name"] { background-color: tomato; }
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsHow about:
div:not([id="s2"]) {
background-color: tomato;
}
Phuc Tran
6,542 PointsIt worked as it selected the right one, however I don't think that was the purpose of the exercise. ( :not attribute selector was mentioned in the section).
Phuc Tran
6,542 PointsIt worked as it selected the right one, however I don't think that was the purpose of the exercise. ( :not attribute selector was mentioned in the section).