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

Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
19,845 Points
Posted by Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
19,845 Points

code challenge problem

I am having trouble with this code challenge on Sass.

"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."

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>
  <h1>Hampton's Blog</h1>
  <div class="entry">
    <h1><a href="#">Delicious Food in SF</a></h1>
    <div class="content">
      <p>
        You know what my favorite restaurant in San Francisco is? The answer is that there are so many great restaurants that I couldn't choose one. But honorable mentions include <a href="#">Mr. Chow's</a>, <a href="#">Live Sushi</a> and <a href="#">Piccino</a>. 
        <span class="link"><a href="/info.html">Read More</a></span>
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="entry">
    <h1><a href="#">Great Music</a></h1>
    <div class="content">
      <p>
        Here are some of my favorite bands from years past and present: Belle and Sebastian, Pixies, and Daft Punk. Listening to music allows me to focus when I'm programming. 
        <span class="link"><a href="/info.html">Read More</a></span>
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="footer">
    <p>
      Thanks for reading my blog!  Be sure to check out my <a href="#">other articles</a>.
    </p>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
p {
a {
color: red;
}
}
p {
> a {
color: blue;
}
&:hover {
opacity: 0.5;
}
}
Ryan Page
Ryan Page
3,679 Points

The &:hover should actually be nested inside the a tag like this:
a {
color: blue;
&:hover {
opacity: 0.5;
}
}

1 Answer

Jake Fleming
STAFF
Jake Fleming
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jake Fleming
Jake Fleming
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You need to nest the ampersand hover pseudo selector inside of your "> a" selector:

/* Write your SCSS code below. */
p {
  a {
    color: red;  
  }
  > a {
    color: blue;
    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
    }
  }
}
Ryan Page
Ryan Page
3,679 Points

I couldn't figure out how to format my comment like that, but yes. This is correct. :p

Jake Fleming
Jake Fleming
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jake Fleming
Jake Fleming
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Ah, I didn't even see your comment above! Sorry for stealing your glory!