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CSS

Posted by Derrick Plunk
Derrick Plunk
Courses Plus Student 2,710 Points

Media Query Not Functioning Properly

I'm having a problem with my media query not correctly changing an li element. I double checked I formatted the media query correctly and I am able to change the background color of the wrapper and another element on the page, but the wrapper doesn't have a background by default. What I am trying to accomplish is to change the li background from white to a different color when the screen is above 480px.

Here is the HTML:

  <div id="wrapper" class="clearfix">
        <ul id="divisions">
            <li>
                <a href="audio-video.html"><img src="img/av_icon.png" alt="Audio-Video">
                    <p>Audio-Video</p>
                </a>
            </li>

Here is the CSS:

#divisions {
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    list-style:none;
}

#divisions li {
    text-align:center;
    float:left;
    width:37.5%;
    margin: 2.5%;
    padding:2.5%;
    background-color:#fff;
    border-radius:4px;
}

And the media query:

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {
    #divisons li {
        background-color:#c6c6c6;
    }

3 Answers

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Hi Derrick,

I've been looking at your stupid problem for an hour. Sorry, I meant I'm stupid. Look at the spelling of divisons in the media query.

Jeff

Juan Perez
Juan Perez
Courses Plus Student 8,944 Points

Good spotting

Juan Perez
PLUS
Juan Perez
Courses Plus Student 8,944 Points
Juan Perez
Juan Perez
Courses Plus Student 8,944 Points

On your media query a closing bracket is missing.

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) { 
    #divisions li { background-color:#c6c6c6; }
}

this is how it should go.

Hope this helps you.

Juan Perez
Juan Perez
Courses Plus Student 8,944 Points

Lol, that too As Jeff Busch pointed out!

Derrick Plunk
PLUS
Derrick Plunk
Courses Plus Student 2,710 Points
Derrick Plunk
Derrick Plunk
Courses Plus Student 2,710 Points

Thank you for both for the help! Jeff, no problem calling it a "stupid" problem was much nicer than the words I was calling it when trying to figure out what was going on!