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CSS CSS Foundations Values and Units Numeric and Textual Data Types

Posted by Stormy Silver
Stormy Silver
9,240 Points

Help Please!!

I am in Values and Units at Numeric and textual Data Types. I am on challenge task 3 of 3. i cant get it.

Its asking me to: Using a percentage, set the paragraph to half of its current width.

I put: p { width: 50%; }

It was it is wrong even though this is what it shows to do in the video.

please help!?

6 Answers

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Hi Stormy,

There is no id or class called content in the html so I don't understand what that is for. The error messages in the code challenges sometimes fall a little short of describing what the actual problem is; not unlike Microsoft's error messages, ha ha ha. This can make it difficult to continue on. Here is the code you need.

Jeff

strong {
  color: initial;
}

.wrapper {
  background-image:url("img/bg.jpg");
}

p {
  width: 50%;
}
Gabriel Morin Moisan
Gabriel Morin Moisan
7,348 Points

That code will definitely work but just to specify he didnt use content has a selector. But has a way to had the background img.

Gabriel Morin Moisan
Gabriel Morin Moisan
7,348 Points

*add

Stormy Silver
Stormy Silver
9,240 Points

Thank you so much this is exactly what i needed, it worked. thank you again!

Gabriel Morin Moisan
Gabriel Morin Moisan
7,348 Points
Gabriel Morin Moisan
Gabriel Morin Moisan
7,348 Points

I think maybe you were not specific enough in your targeting of that paragraph try :

.wrapper p {
    width:50%;
}

seems to be working for me

Gabriel Morin Moisan
Gabriel Morin Moisan
7,348 Points

Just tried it with just 

p {
    width: 50%;
}

and it worked for me though so I am not sure what you did wrong did you delete your previous code. Because I think they check for the previous step each time.

Stormy Silver
Stormy Silver
9,240 Points
Stormy Silver
Stormy Silver
9,240 Points

That also didn't work....

Gabriel Morin Moisan
Gabriel Morin Moisan
7,348 Points

Could you paste all the code you wrote on that challenge it may help to target the problem ;).

Stormy Silver
Stormy Silver
9,240 Points
Stormy Silver
Stormy Silver
9,240 Points

It say to check the length unit in my CSS value. Is what i did wrong.

Stormy Silver
Stormy Silver
9,240 Points
Stormy Silver
Stormy Silver
9,240 Points

strong { color: initial; } .wrapper { content: url(img/bg.jpg); } p { width: 50%; } <<and that is wrong

Gabriel Morin Moisan
Gabriel Morin Moisan
7,348 Points
Gabriel Morin Moisan
Gabriel Morin Moisan
7,348 Points

I am not sure why your using the content property to set the background but i just passed the challenge just by changing that property to background.

Gabriel Morin Moisan
Gabriel Morin Moisan
7,348 Points

Using content seems to be erasing the actual paragraph and the div didnt have the same height thats probably why you were not able to pass the challenge.