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CSS

Posted by James Heinlein
James Heinlein
1,268 Points

Create a new rule that selects the 3rd list item only. Set the background color to the HEX value FF6347.

Hey, I am having a difficult time with the following: Create a new rule that selects the 3rd list item only. Set the background color to the HEX value FF6347. Can anyone offer some advise?

My attempt to answer the question is as follows:

li:nth-child(even) { color: white; background-color: black; } li:nth-child (3) { color: white; background-color: #FF6347; }

2 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

James Heinlein -

li:nth-child (3) { color: white; background-color: #FF6347; }

You have a space between nth-child and your expression (3), remember in CSS spaces are syntaxically significant they refer to descendant selectors

Jacob Miranda
Jacob Miranda
19,392 Points
Jacob Miranda
Jacob Miranda
19,392 Points

The argument you are trying to use is (an+b)

a = the first number it starts at, b = the pattern? I guess you could say.

I believe you can just use nth-child(3n). I can try doing the quiz again to make sure. Btw you can always also check the forums because this question and a similar few have been asked multiple times, so feel free to investigate other answers. And again, happy coding!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I believe you can just use nth-child(3n)

3n means every third whereas 3 means just the third item.

You can double check your nth-child calculations with the nth-child calculator if you need more info on nth-child check out nthmaster.com tutorial for more details.