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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Media Queries

Posted by Joan Maguino
Joan Maguino
5,172 Points

Create a media query that targets all devices when the viewport width is 1020px or narrower. Inside the media query, sel

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
@media (max-width: 1020px) {
  .main-header color tomato;
                text-color: white;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1 class="main-heading">Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>

        <div class="primary-content">
            <p class="intro">
                Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
            </p>
            <a class="callout" href="#more">Find out more</a>
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

John Aitchison
John Aitchison
5,332 Points
John Aitchison
John Aitchison
5,332 Points

When I posted the following code for my answer, it said the background colour was wrong. the [.main-header] code was also faded out

@media (max-width: 1020px) { .main-header { background-color: tomato; color: white; } }

when I posted the following code with an empty class rule the [.main-header] code was not faded out, and the code was accepted.

.vow {}

@media (max-width: 1020px) { .main-header { background-color: tomato; color: white; } }

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21,173 Points
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21,173 Points 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

@media screen and (max-width: 1020px) {
  .main-header {
    background-color: tomato;
    color: white;
  }
}

You need to state which media type you want, in this case a screen (as opposed to 'print', for printers, or 'speech' for screen readers.

The 'and' states that we want the following css to apply only if we have a media type of screen and the width of that screen is below 1020px.