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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Advanced Nesting

Posted by ammarkhan
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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Points

Challenge Not passing - Opacity

i think, i am doing it correct but it is not working, it says to give hover state a color so i i am using &:hover , but it is not working. Am i missing something?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Sass Basics - Code Challenge</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page-style.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
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    <div class="content">
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  <div class="footer">
    <p>
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  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */

p{
  a{
    color:red;
  }
  &:hover{
     opacity:0.5;
    }
  > a{
    color:blue;
    }
}

2 Answers

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
14,667 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
14,667 Points

That is because the hover of all direct children should have opacity: We want to add a style to our previous Sass code declaring that on hover, all direct <a> children have an opacity of 0.5. Use the ampersand selector to achieve this, rather than repeating the > a direct child selector.

/* Write your SCSS code below. */

p {
  a { color: red; }

  > a { 
    color: blue; 
    &:hover { opacity: 0.5; }
  }
}
Colin Smith
Colin Smith
32,063 Points
Colin Smith
Colin Smith
32,063 Points

Hi Ammar,

The way you have &:hover right now would reference the p{ style and not the a{ style that is nested. You could simply do it like this:

p{
  a{
  color: red;
  }

  >a{color: blue;

    &:hover{
    opacity: 0.5;
    }
  }

}