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CSS

Posted by Kamil Razak
Kamil Razak
18,596 Points

Code Challenge: CSS Foundations Selectors Type, Class, and ID Selectors

Does anyone know what I did wrong here?

The question is Select the em inside the paragraph using a descendant selector. Set its color to 'red'. My code is as below:

body{ background-color: lightblue; }

h1 { color: darkblue; }

h1 em{ color: red; }

Thanks in advance!

Brendon Attebury
Brendon Attebury
3,866 Points
Brendon Attebury
Brendon Attebury
3,866 Points

Okay, I am having the same issue except when I type the color as red the text actually turns red. Here is what I have written:

p em{ color:red; {

Brendon Attebury
Brendon Attebury
3,866 Points
Brendon Attebury
Brendon Attebury
3,866 Points

oops sorry looks like this:

p em{ color:red; }

Kamil Razak
Kamil Razak
18,596 Points

hi Brandon,

I don't know what went wrong with your case. I think you are already correct with the code and the text is supposed to be red.

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Yes, you didn't use the descendant selector, which is " > ".

You also selected an h1 instead of a paragraph.

Kamil Razak
Kamil Razak
18,596 Points

Hi Kevin,

Thanks Kevin. The error is because I've used h1 instead of paragraph. Thanks for pointing that out.