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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Advanced Nesting

Posted by Alicia Scott
Alicia Scott
3,580 Points

Incorrect formatting of pseudoclass

I can't figure out why this isn't working. Could someone explain how the proper syntax using the ampersand. I do not think I comprehended it well enough!

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Sass Basics - Code Challenge</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page-style.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
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  <div class="entry">
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    <div class="content">
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      </p>
    </div>
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    <div class="content">
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    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="footer">
    <p>
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  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */


p  {

    a {
    color: red;
    }
}

p {

> a  {

color: blue;
 hover & {

opacity: 0.5; 
     }
  }

}

1 Answer

Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points
Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points

Hi Alicia,

As you'll know from regular CSS, to select an anchor's hover state you'd enter:

a:hover {
  // styles to go here
}

However in nested Sass/Scss you'd use the ampersand to reference the element you're currently selecting. Here's a couple of examples of how you could use it:

a {
  color: white;

  &:hover {  // this equals a:hover
    // a:hover styles go here
  }
  .blue {  // a.blue
    color: blue;

    &:hover {  // a.blue:hover
      //a.blue:hover styles go here
  }
}

Hopefully this clears it up a bit for you.