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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Elements Challenge

Robbie Singh
Robbie Singh
3,675 Points
Posted by Robbie Singh
Robbie Singh
3,675 Points

Challenge Question Regarding Advanced Pseudo Class Selectors....Read More

Finally, create a new rule that will insert a pseudo-element after an a element. As the content value, define a CSS function that will insert an href attribute's value as content.

Not sure what to do here.

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.progbar::after {
  content:""
  display: block;
  width: 50%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: inherit;
    background-color: #5ece7f; 
}

.progbar::before {
  content:""
    display: block;
    width: 24px;
    height: 24px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 49%;
    top: -9px;
    background-color: #7dd898; 
}

.progbar::a:: after {
  content:attr(href);
  height: 6px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: #d6d7d9;
  position: relative;
  margin-bottom: 3.875em; 
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Selectors</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="progbar"></div> 
    <a href="http://teamtreehouse.com">Check out the URL: </a>
</body>
</html>
Joseph Damiani
Joseph Damiani
1,066 Points

You need to look at .progbar::a:: after again. Try the format below.

.progbar a:after { content: " (" attr(href) ")"; }

Robbie Singh
Robbie Singh
3,675 Points
Robbie Singh
Robbie Singh
3,675 Points

Hey Joseph, well I tried that but it tells me to specifically use a double colon. After makes those adjustments, it says "Make sure you're using the CSS function that generates the value of an attribute."

1 Answer

Ed Mendoza
Ed Mendoza
9,652 Points

Your .progbar:after and .progbar:before are correct. Don't forget to put semi colons after your content properties though. One thing to note is that the final class in your css file shouldn't be changed. The task is asking you to insert a pseudo element after an anchor element which is unrelated to the .progbar classes.

Try addressing anchor elements on their own like this:

a::after {
    content: attr(href);
}