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

Posted by Timothy Hooker
Timothy Hooker
15,323 Points

I am unclear what is wrong with my code for this Sass request that I create a hover style for direct descendants of a.

p { a { color: red;
}

a { color: blue; &:hover { opacity: 0.5; } }

3 Answers

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points 
p{
  a{
    color:red;
  }
  &>a{
    color:blue;
    &:hover{
      opacity:0.5;
    }
  }
}
motty
motty
21,787 Points
motty
motty
21,787 Points

Hey Timothy, firstly there was no real need to add an 'a' tag that wasn't a direct descendant. But the real issue was simply that you forgot one closing bracket.

p {

a { color: blue; &:hover { opacity: 0.5; } } }

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Motty,

The 1st task of the challenge requests that all <a> tags within <p> tags are colored red. So I think you need that first nested selector. The html even has a link that's two levels deep and should be colored red.

Timothy Hooker
Timothy Hooker
15,323 Points
Timothy Hooker
Timothy Hooker
15,323 Points

Thanks fellas