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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Classes: :nth-child

Posted by Daniel Gregory
Daniel Gregory
3,956 Points

My code isn't working??

I'm currently trying to complete a code challenge. It is asking me to change the background-color of the third li element to hex FF6347.

My code is:

li:nth-child(even) { color:white; background:black; };

li:nth-child(2) { background-color:#FF6347; };

I've tried changing li:nth-child(2) to li:nth-child(3) and I've tried removing "-color" from "background-color".

I really can't see whats wrong please help!

3 Answers

Matt Morris
Matt Morris
6,982 Points

Looks like the semicolons after the closing brackets are causing it

Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points

Ah, yep, that would do it.

Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points

I just tried it and this code worked:

li:nth-child(3) {
    background: #FF6347;
}

I don't know why yours isn't working. Make sure you had the hex value right.

Daniel Gregory
Daniel Gregory
3,956 Points
Daniel Gregory
Daniel Gregory
3,956 Points

Thanks after posting I noticed the semi-colon's. Couldn't believe I didn't see that!