Question on Part 3 of the Attribute Selector Code Challenge

title { color: red; }

I guess that is all it wants? No need to call the anchor as it only asks for the Title attribute

In plain English title + a means ...

select any <title> elements that directly precede an <a> element

However there's no <title> element in the markup of this code challenge.

So instead what you want to do is use an attribute selector, and select any element with a title attribute

If you are still fuzzy about how to do this check out this tutorial on attribute selectors

Okay so I'm still struggling on this task.... James Barnett I just want to say that I like your approach to answering these forum posts. Like you said you make us work for the answer and just give us a hint, compared to just telling us which helps us to learn.

Iv spent quite a bit of time now trying to wrap my brain around this but I just can't seem to understand I'v read your link which helped me to learn more about this and I kind of get what you are saying when you say 'So instead what you want to do is use an attribute selector, and select any element with a title attribute' But I still don't completely understand it.

So the question reads 'Use an Attribute Selector to select the element......' does this mean use '+' or does it mean the title attribute inside of the p element

also I now know that there's no title element following a anchor element. But there is a title attribute following a anchor attribute which is nested (it is nested right??) inside of a paragraph element.

Can you help me some more. As you can tell I'm completely confused :s

OK I have the correct answer it is

[title] { color: red; }

You must scroll along to see the first paragraphs code.

<a href="#" title="foo">lorem iaculis ullamcorper</a>"

title="foo"

That is the only element with the title attribute in the markup. So it targets the title.

I hope this explains it and you understand it now and it clicks into place.

Sorry if I did not explain it well, maybe James can help with that

Hey jack thanks for the answer but I still don't understand it could I speak with you on skype? Skype: yacobm8

I got it, foo + a I just can't get the idea of combin to get answer or which way,

I was stuck on this too, then I realized I got confused with attribute and attribute value. Here is the logic I went through:

In the lesson the example is with the attribute named class.
[class]="foo"`

When the question is applied what does the code look like for an attribute selector?

To the Quiz! > Basically its asking to select any link <a> with the certain attribute name. 'title' attribute = they are saying there is an attribute named title within the quiz so that it looks like: < a href="#" title="foo">

Therefore the answer would look like: ^^^^^

Happy Coding!

I, too, had big problems with this because of the possible ambiguity in the question for someone new to the syntax and vocab. There might have been a less ambiguous example for this I would venture. Also having to jump between the vid and the questions each time was a little tiresome when this becomes the case. Following through the logic does get you there in the end and proves the point about specificity but it is frustrating.