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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Using Combinators in Selectors

Posted by MUZ140075 Melody A. Nyatsine
MUZ140075 Melody A. Nyatsine
6,052 Points

stage 2 selectors, task 1

create a child selector to target the anchor element that is a direct child of the div. set its color to green and font weight to bold.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>More Selectors</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css2-main-style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Combinators</h1>
    <div>
        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc pulvinar consequat tortor, nec venenatis erat elementum scelerisque. Curabitur sit amet risus nisi. Aenean aliquet euismod augue at viverra. Ut varius arcu in.</p>
        <a href="#">Lorem iaculis ullamco.</a>
        <h2>Donec tempor sodales</h2>
        <p>Sed tincidunt rutrum enim, vitae pharetra justo suscipit a. Nam eu egestas risus. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Nam tempor, augue quis.</p>
        <a href="#">Donec eget lorem id nisi.</a>
        <p>Sed sit amet nulla elit, vel lacinia nisi. Donec eget lorem id nisi vehicula auctor id et dui. Etiam aliquet aliquet sem in rutrum. Cras posuere pharetra <a href="#">sem vitae egestas</a>.</p>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
.div > a {
   color: green;
  font-weight: bold;
}
Johnatan Guzman
Johnatan Guzman
Courses Plus Student 2,360 Points
Johnatan Guzman
Johnatan Guzman
Courses Plus Student 2,360 Points

div is not a class but an element (so you shouldnt use .div here)

div > a { /* without the dot */

}

should do the trick.

1 Answer

Paul Bentham
Paul Bentham
24,090 Points
Paul Bentham
Paul Bentham
24,090 Points

You don't need the dot in front of div.

You should be able to do it as per below:

div > a {
  color: green;
  font-weight: bold;
}