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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Additional Pseudo-Classes

Rasmus Gustafsson
Rasmus Gustafsson
6,262 Points
Posted by Rasmus Gustafsson
Rasmus Gustafsson
6,262 Points

I dont know the objective because for me, as a not english person, the description is hard to understand.

I have absolutely NO idea whats the objective... So if someone could make it a little bit clearer i would appreciate it VERY MUCH! Thank you : )

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;
}

url([id="#"]):target {
  background-color: tomato;
}

4 Answers

Dan Martin
Dan Martin
33,150 Points

It is an oddly phrased question, It is not your english.

They are looking for ...

:target { background-color: tomato; }

Rasmus Gustafsson
Rasmus Gustafsson
6,262 Points
Rasmus Gustafsson
Rasmus Gustafsson
6,262 Points

Wow! Thank you so much. I thought i tried that too but i guess i didn't :P Anyways, thank you very much!

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points
Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

Could you please paste the question into the forum.

Rasmus Gustafsson
Rasmus Gustafsson
6,262 Points
Rasmus Gustafsson
Rasmus Gustafsson
6,262 Points

Question: Create a new rule using the selector that targets an element only if its ID matches the hash in a URL. Set the background color to tomato.

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points
Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

Try changing the # to s1.