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CSS CSS - Beyond the Basics Understanding CSS Transitions and Transforms Transitions Challenge

Posted by ammarkhan
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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Points

property incorrect error

I am trying to pass the code challenge but it's saying error. What am i doing wrong?

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

.button {  
  background: #4682B4;
  transition-duration:.4s;
}

.button:hover {
    background: #356690;
  transition-duration:.4s;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSS Transitions</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <a class="button" href="#">Learn More</a>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hey Ammar,

You want to set the transition-property as well as the transition-duration, but you only need to do this on the main class and not the pseudo-class.

.button {  
  background: #4682B4;
  transition-property: background; 
  transition-duration: .4s;
}

.button:hover {
    background: #356690;
}

You're doing this in the main class because the transition-duration is the same for both hover and exit, and therefore doesn't need to be declared (duplicate code) twice. While your code will work in the real world, the challenge wants to see that you know it can be done this way (which is better because it is DRY).

Hope that helped. Keep Coding! :)