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Posted by Simon DICKENS
Simon DICKENS
1,325 Points

Basic Attribute Selectors Quiz

Stuck on the first Code Challenge which says "Create an attribute selector that will target <a> elements with a title attribute. Add a color property with the value 'darkred'."

my code is this

a [title] { color: darkred; }

it replies - Bummer! Please check your attribute selector, make sure the color is set to 'darkred'.

what am I missing??

SImon

Lachlan Mitchell
Lachlan Mitchell
9,278 Points

Unless I'm missing something, the question doesn't seem to specify that you should select only anchor elements with a title attribute. Since it's only asking you to generally select any elements with the title attribute, you could simply use:

[title] {
    color: darkred;
}

I hope that fixes it for you :)

3 Answers

Lachlan Mitchell
Lachlan Mitchell
9,278 Points
Lachlan Mitchell
Lachlan Mitchell
9,278 Points

(Whoops, I typed my response into the wrong field! Let's try that again...)

Unless I'm missing something, the question doesn't seem to specify that you should select only anchor 'a' elements with a title attribute. Since it's just asking you to select any elements with the title attribute, you could simply use:

[title] {
    color: darkred;
}

I hope that fixes it for you :)

Simon DICKENS
Simon DICKENS
1,325 Points

Mate that brilliant! thanks it worked!

Lachlan Mitchell
Lachlan Mitchell
9,278 Points

You're welcome! :D

Kevin Silvestre
Kevin Silvestre
13,561 Points
Kevin Silvestre
Kevin Silvestre
13,561 Points

I enter the same code you did and I got it right. Sometimes it happens, just start the challenge over.

Simon DICKENS
Simon DICKENS
1,325 Points

ive tried...not working

Jacqueline Boltik
PLUS
Jacqueline Boltik
Courses Plus Student 11,153 Points
Jacqueline Boltik
Jacqueline Boltik
Courses Plus Student 11,153 Points

I had the same issue...but after starting the challenge over in a new browser window it worked.