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CSS

Posted by Khrystle Barbieri
Khrystle Barbieri
Courses Plus Student 4,212 Points

CSS Deep Dive Struggle

I am struggling to pass this challenge after Relative Length Units video in CSS deep dive (in absolute length units):

Select the link with the class 'more'. Using the rem unit, set its font size back to the base font size of the root html element.

any suggestions??

I am not 100% on how to write the link with the class more ... I was thinking

.a class="more" {
     font-size: 1.5rem;
}

I am also not 100% sure of what the base font size is.

I am using safari ... I know the rem unit is not acknowledged by all browsers.

Any help with where my error is??

Thank you!

4 Answers

matthew cairns
matthew cairns
3,530 Points
matthew cairns
matthew cairns
3,530 Points

The base font size of HTML is 16px - you are told this on the first part of the quiz. So basically all you have to write is this:

.more { font-size: 1rem; }

This will select the more class of the link and set the font size to the roots base size of 16px.

Linda Wall
Linda Wall
1,675 Points
Linda Wall
Linda Wall
1,675 Points

Why isn't it...

.more a { font-size: 1rem; }

I kept getting it wrong until I changed it to your answer above.

Khrystle Barbieri
PLUS
Khrystle Barbieri
Courses Plus Student 4,212 Points
Khrystle Barbieri
Khrystle Barbieri
Courses Plus Student 4,212 Points

thank you!

Joshua Harrison
Joshua Harrison
2,781 Points
Joshua Harrison
Joshua Harrison
2,781 Points

I had the same question as Linda, technically you would want to select the class and the type of element to ensure it doesn't affect other things on the page