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CSS CSS Selectors Selectors - Beyond the Basics Attribute Selectors Challenge

Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points
Posted by Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points

How to select a img TITLE attribute in css?

I am working on this challenge but I can't seem to slect the img (avatar) to put a border radius on it. I can do it in a generic way of img {border-radius: 50%} but not by using title selector...Help?

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
img [title="avatar"]{
  border-radius:50%;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Selectors</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="base.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div id="container">
        <form class="form-contact">
        <img src="avatar.png" title="avatar" alt="">

          <label for="un">Username:</label> 
          <input type="text" id="un">

        <label for="pw">Password:</label>
        <input type="password" id="pw">

          <input type="submit" value="Sign up">
        </form>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points
Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points

For future ref - DO NOT USE SPACES - img[title="avatar"]{ border-radius:50%;}

2 Answers

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

Michael,

Remove the space between img and your opening square bracket and you should be good to go!

Erik

Flurin Dürst
Flurin Dürst
9,213 Points
Flurin Dürst
Flurin Dürst
9,213 Points

Hi Michael,

The spacing should be removed:

img[title="avatar"] {
    border-radius: 50%;
}

Using CSS, a space between to selectors is used to call an element placed inside of the other like: 

.team .john {
}

is selecting

<div class="team">
<div class="john">
<!-- this -->
</div>
</div>

whereas

.team.john {
}

is instead selecting

<div class="team john">
<!-- this -->
</div>