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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Type, Class, and ID Selectors

Posted by Joshua szkodlarski
Joshua szkodlarski
8,604 Points

Im stuck on this question "Add an ID attribute with the value main to the div element." i tried everything

nothing is working

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSS Selectors</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="cc1-main-styles.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
</head>
<body>
    <h1><em>Hello</em> World!</h1>
    <div>
        <p>
            <em>Lorem ipsum dolor</em> sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc pulvinar consequat tortor, nec venenatis erat elementum scelerisque. Curabitur sit amet risus nisi. Aenean aliquet euismod augue at viverra. Ut varius arcu in lorem iaculis ullamcorper. Integer eu rutrum quam.
        </p>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
Andrea Faciane
Andrea Faciane
10,042 Points

I hope this helps... <div id="main"></div>

4 Answers

Joshua Veazey
Joshua Veazey
6,190 Points
Joshua Veazey
Joshua Veazey
6,190 Points

Hi, are you giving the new "main" div selector any properties to define it's look?

Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points

Your div element in your HTML should look like this:

<div id="main">
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points

Basically, the question is asking you to go to your HTML file, find the div element, and use the id tag to give it an id of "main"

Joshua szkodlarski
Joshua szkodlarski
8,604 Points

I tried that and copied yours and still didn't work

Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points

All I can think of is that you're changing something else that you shouldn't be changing. Please post the code you use when you get your error. The examples above only show the code as it stands before you've done anything to it.

Jason Vogelsberg
Jason Vogelsberg
3,344 Points
Jason Vogelsberg
Jason Vogelsberg
3,344 Points

Format you html like Samuel said above. Then, in your CSS, try adding:

"#main { do something; }"

Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points

In the CSS when selecting an ID, you need the hash(#) symbol before it as well. But this question is specifically geared towards setting the ID on the div in the HTML so adding that to the CSS shouldn't change the outcome.