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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Write Hexadecimal Colors

Posted by Karen Abell
Karen Abell
592 Points

How do I add a hover state for navigation links to change the text color?

How do I add a hover state for navigation links to change the text color?

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}
p {
  color: #000;
}
nav a {
  color: #fff;

nava, a.hover { 
  color: #32673f;
}
Frances Parkin
Frances Parkin
7,760 Points
Frances Parkin
Frances Parkin
7,760 Points

a:hover { color: #32673f; }

Frances Parkin
Frances Parkin
7,760 Points
Frances Parkin
Frances Parkin
7,760 Points

nav a:hover { color: #32673f; }

2 Answers

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

Karen,

Frances' answers are both correct, though for this particular challenge, they want you to specifically target the anchor elements in the nav block, so her second comment is the one that will help to pass this challenge. In general, though, both are correct, in that to target the hover state of an anchor element, you would use the :hover pseudo selector on your a element(s), wherever necessary.

Frances Parkin make sure you supply your answers in the Answers box down at the bottom of forum posts, as opposed to adding them as Comments! That way, you can have your answers upvoted and marked as Best Answer, which will get you points towards your total, and other students can see when a question has been officially answered :)

Erik

Jorge Salazar
Jorge Salazar
3,805 Points
Jorge Salazar
Jorge Salazar
3,805 Points

Hey! Instead of typing :

nava, a.hover { color: #32673f; }

Try typing :

nava, a:hover { color: #32673f; }

So, change the period you put after the anchor element to a colon :

hope it works! ;)