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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Styling the Intro Paragraph

Posted by christine marshall
christine marshall
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i have tried this multiple ways and just cannot get the right mix... putting the span inside the intro as a descendant..

creating a new rule to put the span as a descendant inside the intro and have all four values work... can anyone help?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1>Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>
    <div class="primary-content t-border">
      <p class="intro">
        Lake Tahoe is one of the most <span>breathtaking attractions</span> located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
      </p>
      <a href="#more">Find out more</a>
    </div>
    <footer class="main-footer">
      <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
      <a href="#top">Back to top &raquo;</a>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.primary-content, t-border{
  font-size: 16px;
}
.intro{
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
} 
.intro, span{
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: italic;
}
Tony B
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I just did the challenge, but I'm not sure I understand you. Is it the part where it wants the text inside <span> inside the <p> class="intro" in bold and italics?

1 Answer

Bert Witzel
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Hi Christine! You are very close, the issue with your solution is you have a comma separating your .intro and span. It should look like this:

.intro span { font-weight: bold; }

When it's a descendant selector there is no comma. But when you want to target multiple selectors you need to use commas. For instance:

.intro, .primary-content { font-weight: bold; }

Tony B
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Good catch. What Bert's saying is what you wrote with the comma in 'intro, span' would be like (all span tags affected):

.intro {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: italic;
}

.span {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: italic;
}

'.intro span' would target the span child of intro (only span children of intro is affected):

.intro span {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: italic;
}