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

So what is wrong with this solution?

This seems to work but it doesn't pass this example, so what is the solution?

p{
    a{
    color:red;
  }

    > a{
      color:blue;
                .footer & {
        color:purple;
        }
      &:hover{ 
        opacity: 0.5;
        }
    }
  }

1 Answer

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

> for <a> tags that are are in the <div> with a class of .footer

The question asks you for a selector that references both the class (footer) and the element (div).