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Ross Alejandro Bendal
8,993 PointsI did a :empty and expect it to affect my <h1></h1>, but it did not. Any ideas why?
As the title goes: I did a :empty and expect it to affect my <h1></h1>, but it did not. Any ideas why?
As far as I know, h1 is a block level so it should display the bg color I added for :empty. Also did it in <span></span> and in <ul></ul> but it did just not affect the empty tags.
2 Answers
Shane Oliver
19,977 PointsIf the tag is empty ie <h1></h1> it won't be shown unless it has a width or height set. Try something like this to test
H1 { width: 100px; height: 100px; }
H1:empty { background-color: #333; }
Jacob Bergdahl
29,119 PointsIt's hard to say without seeing the code :) Perhaps you had some whitespace between the tags?