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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Basic Attribute Selectors

Posted by Michael Allen
Michael Allen
14,387 Points

I think my code is correct, but it says to set it to darkred. My code: a [title="text"] { color: darkred; }

The challenge says to:

"Create an attribute selector that will target <a> elements with a title attribute. Add a color property with the value darkred."

But after my code it tells me: "Bummer! Please check your attribute selector, make sure the color is set to 'darkred'."

Thoughts?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Attribute Selectors</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <p>
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus sed egestas tortor, vel tincidunt dolor.
    </p>
    <a href="#" title="More!">Duis ut velit faucibus</a>
    <p>
        Proin orci arcu, dapibus vel faucibus in, commodo in nunc. <a href="#">Vestibulum erat dolor laoreet</a> nec cursus non, luctus ut elit. In sed congue lectus, id ullamcorper massa. <a href="#" title="More!">View more &raquo;</a>
    </p>
    <form>
        <input type="text" name="email">
        <input type="submit" name="submit">
    </form>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

 a [title="text"] {
    color: darkred;
 }

2 Answers

Jesse Fisher
Jesse Fisher
10,830 Points

You are close.

However, your code would only target children of 'a' elements with a title named "text".

This is the solution, which would target only 'a' elements that contain any title

a[title] {
 color: darkred; 
}

Notice there is no space in a[title] because we want to target anchor elements with a title. The space would cause it to target children of the anchor element.

Here is a codepen that demonstrates this. http://codepen.io/jessecfisher/pen/VYaypj

Michael Allen
Michael Allen
14,387 Points

Thank you Jesse, that fixed it and I also appreciate the reference link to Codepen.

Robert Richey
PLUS
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points
Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Hi Michael,

Your code is just barely off; need to remove the space between 'a' and '[title="text"]'.

a[title="text"] {
    color: darkred;
 }
Michael Allen
Michael Allen
14,387 Points

Thank you for responding Robert. I have updated the code and it works.