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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Advanced Nesting

Danielle Palombo
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Danielle Palombo
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Danielle Palombo
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How do I add a style to the previous Sass code declaring that on hover, all direct <a> children have an opacity of 0.5?

This is what I have, but it is not working.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Sass Basics - Code Challenge</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page-style.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Hampton's Blog</h1>
  <div class="entry">
    <h1><a href="#">Delicious Food in SF</a></h1>
    <div class="content">
      <p>
        You know what my favorite restaurant in San Francisco is? The answer is that there are so many great restaurants that I couldn't choose one. But honorable mentions include <a href="#">Mr. Chow's</a>, <a href="#">Live Sushi</a> and <a href="#">Piccino</a>. 
        <span class="link"><a href="/info.html">Read More</a></span>
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="entry">
    <h1><a href="#">Great Music</a></h1>
    <div class="content">
      <p>
        Here are some of my favorite bands from years past and present: Belle and Sebastian, Pixies, and Daft Punk. Listening to music allows me to focus when I'm programming. 
        <span class="link"><a href="/info.html">Read More</a></span>
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="footer">
    <p>
      Thanks for reading my blog!  Be sure to check out my <a href="#">other articles</a>.
    </p>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
p {
   a {
    color: red;
   }
   >a {
    color: blue;
    }
    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
      }
 }

2 Answers

Tiffany McAllister
Tiffany McAllister
25,806 Points
Tiffany McAllister
Tiffany McAllister
25,806 Points

You're on the right track, but you have to nest it within the > a rule like this:

p {
  a {
    color: red;
  }

  > a {
    color: blue;

    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
    }
  }
}
Marielle Breneman
Marielle Breneman
6,718 Points
Marielle Breneman
Marielle Breneman
6,718 Points

I had the exact same problem, and this resolved it. Thank you both for posting!