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CSS Sass Basics Improve Your Workflow with Sass Practice Extending a Selector

Vicki Greer
Vicki Greer
5,020 Points
Posted by Vicki Greer
Vicki Greer
5,020 Points

Getting an error on the right answer to exercise on extending placeholders

I'm getting an error that the .p inside .messsage-box is not red, and asking if I extended %warning correctly.

I tested this solution out in the workspace and it generated the correct result.

%warning { font-weight: bold; color: red; } .message-box { .p { @extend %warning; } }

What am I missing?

style.scss 
.roundy {
  width: 150px;
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.img-author {
  @extend .roundy;
}

%warning {
  font-weight: bold;
  color: red;
}

.message-box {
  .p {
    @extend %warning;
  }
}

1 Answer

Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen
25,189 Points

Ah,all you have to do is delete the . before the p and that should make you pass like this :

.roundy {
  width: 150px;
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.img-author {
  @extend .roundy;
}

%warning {
  font-weight: bold;
  color: red;
}

.message-box {
  p {                               // like this right here and you should pass
    @extend %warning;
  }
}
Liam Ferb
Liam Ferb
8,454 Points
Liam Ferb
Liam Ferb
8,454 Points

Yep, it's not a class selector, .'s go only before classes

Vicki Greer
Vicki Greer
5,020 Points
Vicki Greer
Vicki Greer
5,020 Points

Thank you. I finally saw my mistake about 5 minutes after I posted this.