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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors UI Element States Pseudo-Classes

Posted by Scott Magee
Scott Magee
4,168 Points

Can't Complete Challenges

Intermittent issues using Firefox or chrome with code challenges in the UI Element States Pseudo Selector section of the CSS course.

I am asked to add a font weight of "bold". So I type;

{ font-weight: bold; }

Then I receive an error ". Make sure you set font-weight to 'bold'."

Sometimes if I refresh the page, close the browser and reopen, or switch browsers the problem goes away, with no changes to my answers (which I am testing along side the browser)

Is anyone else running into this issue?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Can you update your original post with all of your CSS you using in this code challenge so we can see the bigger picture.

3 Answers

Raymond Yuen
Raymond Yuen
7,291 Points
Raymond Yuen
Raymond Yuen
7,291 Points

that on its own won't do anything because you are missing the selector. it should look like this:

[thing you are targeting] { font-weight: bold; ]

Scott Magee
Scott Magee
4,168 Points
Scott Magee
Scott Magee
4,168 Points

Yes, sorry. This has happened to many different questions throughout the various code challenges. I am definitely including the proper css (unless I've lost my mind@!). Here's the example of what is/was failing in code check;

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

Then I receive an error ". Make sure you set font-weight to 'bold'."

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points
Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Hi Scott,

I believe the code challenge is also asking for a font color. Sometimes the error messages aren't that accurate.

Jeff