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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Basic Attribute Selectors

Posted by chetan gavankar
chetan gavankar
4,635 Points

attribute selector giving error

a[class="check"] { color:darkred; }

input[class="text"] { background-color:lightyellow; } ----------------------------------------------------this is giving error though it looks ok to me

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Attribute Selectors</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <p>
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus sed egestas tortor, vel tincidunt dolor.
    </p>
    <a href="#" class="check" title="More!">Duis ut velit faucibus</a>
    <p>
        Proin orci arcu, dapibus vel faucibus in, commodo in nunc. <a href="#" class="check">Vestibulum erat dolor laoreet</a> nec cursus non, luctus ut elit. In sed congue lectus, id ullamcorper massa. <a href="#" title="More!">View more &raquo;</a>
    </p>
    <form>
        <input type="text" name="email">
        <input type="submit" name="submit">
    </form>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

a[class="check"]
{
  color:darkred;
}

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

4 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey Chetan,

just to make sure: Are you talking about the first task? If so, you have to select all anchor elements that have a title attribute which you do like so:

/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
a[title] {
  color: darkred;
}
chetan gavankar
chetan gavankar
4,635 Points
chetan gavankar
chetan gavankar
4,635 Points

second one for text is not correct as per question and answer though it looks ok to me

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey again Chetan,

for the second one you have to select all inputs with a type attribute set to text. You're however selecting inputs with the class of text.

That should work:

input[type="text"] {
  background-color: lightyellow;
}
chetan gavankar
chetan gavankar
4,635 Points
chetan gavankar
chetan gavankar
4,635 Points

oops i got it , thanks for the reply