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CSS

Posted by Graham Davidson
Graham Davidson
Courses Plus Student 14,966 Points

Problem with nth-child

Hi There

I am doing some CSS Foundation work and have become stuck on a code challenge

The question is

Create a new rule that selects the 3rd list item only. Set the background color to the HEX value FF6347.

To which I am using 

/* Write your CSS below */
 li:nth-child(even){
color:white;
background:black;
}
li:nth-child(3){
color:#ff6347;
}

The first nth-child(even) is the answer from the previous and works fine. I just don't see where this is going wrong as it even makes the correct change in the preview.

Any help appreciated - the error I get is Bummer! Check the selector in your CSS.

Thanks

G

Graham Davidson
Graham Davidson
Courses Plus Student 14,966 Points

DOHHHHH!!!!! Background colour

2 Answers

Guil Hernandez
STAFF
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher
Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher

Yep. Glad you figured it out, Graham :)

Graham Davidson
PLUS
Graham Davidson
Courses Plus Student 14,966 Points
Graham Davidson
Graham Davidson
Courses Plus Student 14,966 Points

No problem Guil and kudos to you and the team on a stella course - been writing CSS for about 4 years now and in the space of half a dozen videos have already learned (and dare I say used) some really nifty selectors.

Thanks

G