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CSS Modular CSS with Sass Sass and BEM BEM Challenge

Posted by hillionaire
hillionaire
22,539 Points

Modular CSS with Sass Challenge

Not sure what is wrong...

style.scss 
.menu {
  margin: 1em 0;

}
.menu__link {
      color: blue;
      padding: .5em;
   }
hillionaire
hillionaire
22,539 Points

This is the challenge- Use a parent selector reference to output the BEM class .menu__link. Set the color to blue and the padding to .5em.

2 Answers

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Hillionaire,

First you need to write your code inside the existing code as your going to use the parent selector which is &
As the code already targets .menu and you need to target .menu__link you only need your code to target __link as the parent selector replaces .menu like so &__link (.menu is the parent)

.menu {
  margin: 1em 0;
  &__link {
      color: blue;
      padding: .5em;
   }
  }

I hope I've explained it clearly enough, if not just ask.

Hope this helps.

hillionaire
hillionaire
22,539 Points

.menu { margin: 1em 0; &_link { color: blue; padding: .5em; } } This is also not correct. Any tips?

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Hillionaire,

Looks like you used a single underscore, try using a double underscore between &__link

hillionaire
hillionaire
22,539 Points

Wow! Thanks!

Mireille Pasos
Mireille Pasos
35,469 Points
Mireille Pasos
Mireille Pasos
35,469 Points

Hi,

You're not supposed to repeat the "menu" part of the class name, you have to use the parent selector (&) so, within the .menu{} part of the code you have to add the parent selector and the rest of the code. (I'm trying not to give you the answer so you can figure it out). Remember this is modular and part of it is making the code more compressed.