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CSS

Posted by Molly Morby
Molly Morby
2,398 Points

Help with CSS

Create a new rule using the selector that targets an element only if its ID matches the hash in a URL. Set the background color to tomato. Will somebody please help me!

3 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Molly;

You are needing to use the CSS :target pseudo selector which matches when the hash in the URL and the id of an element are the same. So your code would need to look like:

:target {
     background-color: tomato;
}

You can find out more about the :target pseudo selector here.

Ken

Molly Morby
Molly Morby
2,398 Points
Molly Morby
Molly Morby
2,398 Points

Thanks! I got it!

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Hi Molly, we can best help if you provide your code. However, here are a few hints for you.

You can use a combination of the :target selector, background-color property, and the color is spelled out as tomato.