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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors :root and :target

Taokeen Cheung
Taokeen Cheung
10,606 Points
Posted by Taokeen Cheung
Taokeen Cheung
10,606 Points

#col-c:target {background: #eff1f2;} - Not changing. How do I fix?

Hi everyone.

So I followed this tutorial on workspaces precisely as Guil wrote it out:

:root {
  background: #e3effb; 
}

:target {
  background: #384047;
  color: white;
}

#col-c:target {
  background: #eff1f2;
  color: initial;
  box-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0, .2);
}

However for some reason #col-target background colour does not change to #eff1f2.

When I look into developer tools on Chrome it displays: invalid property value. I was just wondering whats going on? So I can learn to fix a similar issues in future?

2 Answers

Andrew Wong
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Andrew Wong
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 15,373 Points
Andrew Wong
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Andrew Wong
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 15,373 Points

Is there possibly a syntax error? In your "background: #eff1f2;" code, I right-clicked the space between the colon and the # symbol, and it gave me <span class="err"></span>

Marc Busby
Marc Busby
35,550 Points
Marc Busby
Marc Busby
35,550 Points

Hi there,

Not 100% sure but I think it should be #col-c a:target { } as you can't actually target the ID. Also it will only change colour when targeted, so try hitting tab a few times.

Regards,