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Eleeza Amin
34,496 PointsNeed help with Sass Mixins!!!
Hi Everyone, Please could you help me with this challenge, this is really hard to me and I cannot seem to get it right.
I'm on task 1 on code challenge: Introducing mixins. The instructions are: Define a mixin called "button" that sets the background to be #369 and the color to be white.
This is my code below:
@mixin button {
background-color: #369;
color: white;
}
When I run my code, I get the message: Bummer! The mixin needs to set the background attribute.
Any help would be most appreciated. http://teamtreehouse.com/library/introducing-mixins
Many Thanks to you all!
2 Answers
Erik McClintock
45,783 PointsEleeza,
In this case, it seems the challenge is being a bit of a stickler - if you change the property from "background-color" to "background", your code will work fine.
Erik
Eleeza Amin
34,496 PointsHi, I would like a full explanation of this challenge to understand it more. Thank you, everyone, especially those who posted answers and those who might be posting now.
Erik McClintock
45,783 PointsEleeza,
What do you mean? That challenge as a whole (all the tasks), or just the first task that you had a problem with before?
Erik
Eleeza Amin
34,496 PointsThe one I had problems with.
Erik McClintock
45,783 PointsEleeza,
As far as an explanation for the challenge and the problem you ran into, it really is as simple as the code that goes into Treehouse's editor was checking for something a bit too specific (i.e.it would ONLY accept "background" rather than "background-color", which technically works and is appropriate). There isn't anything new or different or wrong with your understanding of CSS or Sass, from that perspective. You were attempting something that should have been valid and correct; there was an error with the code in Treehouse's challenge, not with your code.
Simple as that :)
Erik
Eleeza Amin
34,496 PointsThank you, Erik.
Erik McClintock
45,783 PointsEleeza,
My pleasure! Does that help to clarify/answer your question?
Erik
Eleeza Amin
34,496 PointsYes, Erik. You've helped me in an exellent way!
James Barnett
39,199 PointsJames Barnett
39,199 PointsGood catch. In this case that seems like an overly specific code correctness test.
There's a submit feedback button at the end of every code challenge where you can tell the Treehouse team about any issues you ran into when working on a code challenge.
Eleeza Amin
34,496 PointsEleeza Amin
34,496 PointsI had changed
background colortobackgroundand it worked! Thank you, Erik. Have a nice day!!