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CSS

Posted by L McLean
L McLean
Courses Plus Student 5,329 Points

CSS psuedo class (:nth-child selector)

Hello! How come I am getting this wrong? The question is: "Use the :nth-child selector to select the even list items only. Set the color to white and the background color to black.

I have this:

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

Thank you!

6 Answers

samiff
samiff
31,206 Points

Make sure you don't have a space between li and nth-child

li:nth-child(even) {
    color: white;
    background-color: black;
}
L McLean
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L McLean
Courses Plus Student 5,329 Points
L McLean
L McLean
Courses Plus Student 5,329 Points

There is colon after background color. sorry.

L McLean
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L McLean
Courses Plus Student 5,329 Points
L McLean
L McLean
Courses Plus Student 5,329 Points

Thank you Sam Lucklore! HA! I need a tutorial just on where to put spaces. LOL!

samiff
samiff
31,206 Points
samiff
samiff
31,206 Points

I feel you on that! I find myself on SelectORacle sometimes still when my mind has blanked and something isn't working. Good luck with the rest.

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

+1 for the SelectORacle

And for complex n-child selectors there's the visual nth-child calculator

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

L McLean -

I need a tutorial just on where to put spaces.

The only place you should use a space in a CSS selector is for a descendant selector.

Check out this quick tip on the importance of a space in CSS selectors