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CSS

Posted by Morten Larsen
Morten Larsen
12,275 Points

DESCENDANT SELECTOR

HTML <p class="note"> This page was written by <a href="mailto:ivy@example.org">ivy@example.org</a> for <a href="http://www.example.org">Example</a>. </p>

CSS /DESCENDANT SELECTOR/ /Matches an element that is a descendent of another specified element/

p a { color: white; }

^^^^ /Targets any <a> element that sit inside a <p> element, even if there are other elements nested between them/

QUESTION Why dosnt this descendant selector Work? I cant figure why the <a> elements that sit inside the <p> element Arent switching to a color of White?

2 Answers

Morten Larsen
Morten Larsen
12,275 Points

I found my mistake :)

Not putting the ^^^^ into my comments messed it up :)

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,331 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,331 Points

:point_right: It's not the ^^^^, but your comments need the proper start/end sequences.

<!-- this is an HTML comment -->

/* this is a CSS comment */