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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Elements: ::before and ::after

Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points
Posted by Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points

Download icon won't appear

Hi guys and girls.

The download icon won't appear before the text. How do I make it appear please?

Here's my HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Pseudo-Elements</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/css_foundations_style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <p class="phone">555-867-5309</p>
    <a class="dload" href="examples.pdf" title="- PDF">Download File</a>

    <div class="box">Generated Shapes</div>
</body>
</html>

And my CSS:

body {
    padding: 1% 26.5%;
    background-color: #e0eef5;
    color: #333;
}

p, div {
    margin: 55px 0;
    font: 3em sans-serif;
}

a {
    color: royalblue;
    text-decoration: none;
    font: 2.25em sans-serif;
}

/* Pseudo-elements */

.phone::after {
    content: "\2706";
}

.dload:: before {
    margin: 0 8px;
    content: url(http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/CSS-DD/codepen/stage-3/pdf-lg.png);
}

.dload::after {
    content: attr(title);
    padding-left: 10px;
    font-size: .75em;
    color: tomato;
}

.box::before, .box::after {
    content: "";
    display: inline-block;
    width: 30px;
    height: 30px;
    background: royalblue;
    border-radius: 50%;
    margin: 15px 15px 0 15px;
}

.box {
    border: 1px solid;
    padding: 10px;
}

Thanks.

1 Answer

Aimee Ault
Aimee Ault
29,193 Points
Aimee Ault
Aimee Ault
29,193 Points

It looks like you might have a space in the selector in your CSS file, if you try updating it without that space, does it work?

.dload::before {
    margin: 0 8px;
    content: url(http://treehouse-code-samples.s3.amazonaws.com/CSS-DD/codepen/stage-3/pdf-lg.png);
}