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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Type, Class, and ID Selectors

Posted by MUZ140007 Faith Ndlovu
MUZ140007 Faith Ndlovu
6,119 Points

how do you select class intro and set its font weight to bold

selecting class intro and setting its font weight to bold

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSS Selectors</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="cc1-main-styles.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
</head>
<body>
    <h1><em>Hello</em> World!</h1>
    <div id="main">
        <p class="intro">
            <em>Lorem ipsum dolor</em> sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc pulvinar consequat tortor, nec venenatis erat elementum scelerisque. Curabitur sit amet risus nisi. Aenean aliquet euismod augue at viverra. Ut varius arcu in lorem iaculis ullamcorper. Integer eu rutrum quam.
        </p>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
body {
  background-color: lightblue;
}
h1 {
  color: darkblue;
}
em {
  color: red;
}
 body {
   font-weight: bold;
 }

2 Answers

Cosmin Cioaclă
Cosmin Cioaclă
21,339 Points
Cosmin Cioaclă
Cosmin Cioaclă
21,339 Points

Hi,

What have you tried so far? What are you having trouble with?

Cosmin

Rudy Tan
PLUS
Rudy Tan
Courses Plus Student 16,635 Points
Rudy Tan
Rudy Tan
Courses Plus Student 16,635 Points

Well to select class in CSS you need to use "dot" + class name, so in your case should be:

.intro { font-weight: bold; (inside here where you put your style for the class intro) }

Hope this helps...