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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Additional Pseudo-Classes

Posted by Jade Sword
Jade Sword
2,659 Points

I am not sure how to do this

I am not sure why my CSS is not working please help

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>More Pseudo-classes</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
    <body>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="#s1">Section 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="#s2">Section 2</a></li>
        </ul>       
        <div id="s1">
            <h2>Section 1</h2>
            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
            tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
            quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex.
        </div>
        <div id="s2">
            <h2>Section 2</h2>
            Integer laoreet urna ut est cursus nec tristique elit vestibulum. In hac 
            habitasse platea dictumst. Quisque pharetra odio nec urna lobortis sed 
            ultrices dolor posuere. Sed nec nisl id augue congue euismod. 
        </div>
    </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Write your CSS code below */
:root {
  background-color: lightblue;
}

* [id *= "#"] {
  background-color: tomato;
}

1 Answer

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

Your code should look like this:

html{
 background-color: lightblue; 
}

#s1{
 background-color: tomato; 
}
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

The html is the "root".

the #s1 is an id selector.