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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Classes: :nth-child

zackcoulter
zackcoulter
1,495 Points
Posted by zackcoulter
zackcoulter
1,495 Points

I don't know what is wrong with my code. It says that my css for background color is set wrong.

It is asking for me to set the background color to black.

Here is how I set up the code=

li:nth-child (even) { color: white; background-color: black; }

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Structural Pseudo-classes</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="cc1-main-style.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <ul>
        <li>List item 1</li>
        <li>List item 2</li>
        <li>List item 3</li>
        <li>List item 4</li>
        <li>List item 5</li>
        <li>List item 6</li>
        <li>List item 7</li>
    </ul>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Write your CSS below */
li:nth-child: (even) {
color: white; 
background-color: black;
}

2 Answers

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

You have an extra colon in there after nth-child. It should just be:

/* Write your CSS below */
li:nth-child(even) {
    color: white; 
    background-color: black;
}
zackcoulter
zackcoulter
1,495 Points
zackcoulter
zackcoulter
1,495 Points

Thx for catching my obvious mistake!

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

No worries. I'd say things like that account for 80%+ of mistakes when starting out. And the most annoying thing is that error codes for those types of things aren't exactly specific, so it can get extremely frustrating.

Sam Baines
Sam Baines
4,315 Points
Sam Baines
Sam Baines
4,315 Points

HI Zack - you have a space in your css code that is causing it to fail. It should be like below:

li:nth-child(even) {
 color: white;
 background-color: black;
}

You cant have a space between the nth-child and the (even). Hope this helps.