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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Advanced Nesting

Posted by Muhammad Ali Khan
Muhammad Ali Khan
8,227 Points

Sass Basics : post-selector ampersand

i wrote ``` p { a { color: red; }

a { color: blue; &:hover { opacity: 0.5; } } }

a { .footer & { color: purple; } } ```

it says: Bummer! Please use the ampersand selector following the selector for the .footer div.

i don't understand whats missing

2 Answers

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Muhammad,

The challenge wants you to be a little more specific with your selector. It's a div with a class of "footer"

Also, you should probably be nesting that above in your a rule.

Like this:

p {
  a {
    color: red;

    div.footer & {
      color: purple;
    }
  }

  > a {
    color: blue;
    &:hover {
      opacity: 0.5;
    }
  }
}
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

It looks like your code will pass all the way through once you add the div in front of .footer.

So it looks like 3 different answers will pass for task 4. It also passes when you nest it inside the direct child rule.

I don't think the directions are clear enough on what the final compiled selector should be.

It passes when the final compiled selector is div.footer p a or div.footer p > a or in your case div.footer a

Christopher Norkett
Christopher Norkett
5,711 Points
Christopher Norkett
Christopher Norkett
5,711 Points

I got up to task 4 and I got stuck at the same spot. I kept trying to use .footer & and not div.footer. I suppose it is better practice to use div.footer, I just wasn't expecting it to be needed.