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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Advanced Sass Concepts Working with Media Queries

Ken Hibino
Ken Hibino
17,009 Points
Posted by Ken Hibino
Ken Hibino
17,009 Points

Sass Basics Media query question

Question: Open a scope for <ul> element with an id "menu". Inside that, open a scope on a <li> element. Using Sass nesting, add a media query so that the <li> elements will have an attribute of text-align: center when the media is screen and the <li> has a max-width of 500px.

I'm not sure where I made a mistake, I'm stuck... here's how I did it.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Sass Basics - Code Challenge</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page-style.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <div class="wrap">
    <h1>Hampton's Blog</h1>
    <ul id="menu">
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About Hampton</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Hampton's Work</a></li>
    </ul>
    <img src="me2.jpeg" alt="">
    <div class="entry">
        <h1>Delicious Food in SF</h1>
        <div class="content">
          <p>
            You know what my favorite restaurant in San Francisco is? The answer is that there are so many great restaurants that I couldn't choose one. But honorable mentions include Mr. Chow's, Live Sushi and Piccino. 
            <a href="/info.html">Read More</a>
          </p>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="entry">
      <h1>Great Music</h1>
        <div class="content">
          <p>
              Here are some of my favorite bands from years past and present: Belle and Sebastian, Pixies, and Daft Punk. Listening to music allows me to focus when I'm programming. 
            <a href="/info.html">Read More</a>
          </p>
        </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
@media screen and (orientation:landscape) {
  img {
  width: 360px;
  }
 }

ul #menu {
  li {
        @media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
          text-align: center;
           }
       }
}

2 Answers

Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Hi Ken,

You're code is really close to being good. The problem is with the ul and #menu selectors. A space between them is an explicit descendant selector. You're trying to select an element with an id of menu that's a child of a ul. What you want is to select a ul that also has an id of menu.

Please let me know if I can explain this better - I'm deliberately trying to avoid providing a direct answer.

Kind Regards

Ken Hibino
Ken Hibino
17,009 Points
Ken Hibino
Ken Hibino
17,009 Points

Thanks Rob! I got it right this time.

Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points
Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points

I've to agree with Robert, the space between the ul and #menu is an explicit descendant selctor.