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CSS

Brandon Battles
Brandon Battles
3,315 Points
Posted by Brandon Battles
Brandon Battles
3,315 Points

Structural Pseudo-classes Task 2

"Create a new rule that selects the 3rd list item only. Set the background color to the HEX value FF6347."

Code shows

li:nth-child(3){ background-color:FF6347; }

Error shows 'check the selector in your CSS'. I'm asking for the 3rd list item, or at least that's what it appears as to me, can someone help guide me in the right direction?

1 Answer

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points
Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

You have to put a hash before your color value like this:

li:nth-child(3){ background-color: #FF6347; }

Hope that helps.

Brandon Battles
Brandon Battles
3,315 Points
Brandon Battles
Brandon Battles
3,315 Points

Thanks Chase! I could not figure it out, being that it had the selector message. I just kept looking at the code dumbfounded.

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points
Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

Normally you don't want to listen to the hints in the code changelle, because they almos never point to the right thing!

Brandon Battles
Brandon Battles
3,315 Points
Brandon Battles
Brandon Battles
3,315 Points

I'll keep that in mind, thank you for your help!