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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Media Query Basics

Posted by Grace Van Etten
Grace Van Etten
3,756 Points

seagreen not applying

I have no idea why, but this section of the code seems to be inactive. The red and blue work fine. I heard a rumor about needing to add more brackets? but i have no idea where or why.

@media (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 700px) { body { background: seagreen; } p { color: white; } }

Lauren Dole
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Lauren Dole
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 1,688 Points

I am having issues with the seagreen as well. Royal Blue background worked, then I had issues with the darkred and did the "inspect element" and left dock and that works now. Can't figure out why seagreen would not work. Chrome issue?

4 Answers

Grace Van Etten
Grace Van Etten
3,756 Points
Grace Van Etten
Grace Van Etten
3,756 Points

I actually figured it out-my mother who's a coder figured it out-! I placed the seagreen rule below the @media(max-width:480), so it did not apply. cascading-i need to keep an eye on the fact it cascades :P Thank you for your help, though!

Gabriel Plackey
Gabriel Plackey
11,064 Points
Gabriel Plackey
Gabriel Plackey
11,064 Points

It works perfectly for me, maybe you're not going below the 700px?

Damian Toczek
Damian Toczek
4,471 Points
Damian Toczek
Damian Toczek
4,471 Points

Try this: @media only screen and (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 700px) { body { background: seagreen; } p { color: white; } }

Shawn Brome
Shawn Brome
3,395 Points
Shawn Brome
Shawn Brome
3,395 Points

the @media only scree and... isn't working for me. I tried it with @media (max-width: 960) {body {background: royalblue;}} and nothing changes. I also tried @media screen and (max-width: 960) { body {background: royalblue;}} and still no affect on resizing the screen.