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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Elements Challenge

E Mula
E Mula
5,081 Points
Posted by E Mula
E Mula
5,081 Points

.progbar selector, add the pseudo-element that will insert content before the element on line 13 .Need some help ?

i put content:"";but do not know why it show an error message saying : that the pseudo-element is wrong . need so to find the right code?

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.progbar::after {
  display: block;
  width: 50%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: inherit;
    background-color: #5ece7f; 
   content:"";
}

.progbar {
   content:"";
    display: block;
    width: 24px;
    height: 24px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 49%;
    top: -9px;
    background-color: #7dd898; 
}

.progbar {
  height: 6px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: #d6d7d9;
  position: relative;
  margin-bottom: 3.875em; 
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Selectors</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="progbar"></div> 
    <a href="http://teamtreehouse.com">Check out the URL: </a>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Rich Donnellan
MOD
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,671 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,671 Points

Hey E,

The task specifically tells you what you need to do:

... add the pseudo-element that will insert content before the element ...

Refer to the first .progbar that you edited, but use a different pseudo-selector. Hope that helps some.