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CSS The Selectors Solution

sebbe12
sebbe12
4,015 Points
Posted by sebbe12
sebbe12
4,015 Points

One little nav detail made or break it I'm lost

ul li { color:tomato; }

nav a { text-docration:none }

nav a:hover { color:orange; }

.link:visited { color:red; }

.link:hover { color:green; } This code works fine -----------

ul li { color:tomato; }

a { text-docration:none
}

a:hover { ------- HERE if i remove nav here so it's a{ everything before and after turns out to be the same as how it was before i started writing code in this challange. color:orange; }

.link:visited { color:red; }

Question: why is the nav in nav a:hover {} so importent that it ruin the hole code?

https://w.trhou.se/ke5hhq4tcc

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,657 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,657 Points

The Container part ("nav") of your descendant selector restricts the rule to only the anchors that are inside that container. Without that, the rule applies to every anchor on the entire page, which is probably not what is needed.