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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Using Combinators in Selectors

Posted by MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
9,532 Points

child element

Create a child selector to target the anchor element that is a direct child of the div. Set its color to green and font weight to bold.where is my css code wrong

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>More Selectors</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css2-main-style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Combinators</h1>
    <div>
        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc pulvinar consequat tortor, nec venenatis erat elementum scelerisque. Curabitur sit amet risus nisi. Aenean aliquet euismod augue at viverra. Ut varius arcu in.</p>
        <a href="#">Lorem iaculis ullamco.</a>
        <h2>Donec tempor sodales</h2>
        <p>Sed tincidunt rutrum enim, vitae pharetra justo suscipit a. Nam eu egestas risus. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Nam tempor, augue quis.</p>
        <a href="#">Donec eget lorem id nisi.</a>
        <p>Sed sit amet nulla elit, vel lacinia nisi. Donec eget lorem id nisi vehicula auctor id et dui. Etiam aliquet aliquet sem in rutrum. Cras posuere pharetra <a href="#">sem vitae egestas</a>.</p>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

2 Answers

tobart
tobart
13,518 Points 
Are you missing the css?
I typed in, what matches to me. 
The greater than sign should be the 
direct child selector, i think. 
Hope this helps. Keep me posted.
Cheers. T!

div > a{
color: green;
font-weight:bold;
}
MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
9,532 Points
MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
9,532 Points

thank you

tobart
tobart
13,518 Points

no problem; would be nice, if you mark my response at right answer :) Cheers T!