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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Type, Class, and ID Selectors

Benjamin Jackowitz
Benjamin Jackowitz
1,315 Points
Posted by Benjamin Jackowitz
Benjamin Jackowitz
1,315 Points

Stuck

assigned class="header" to the <h1 class="header"> in HTML. In CSS have

.header{background: darkblue;}

suggestions?

4 Answers

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Hi Benjamin,

I believe this is what you're after.

Jeff

h1 {
  color: darkblue;
}
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
4,119 Points
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
4,119 Points

Jeff is right. If the header has been defined as a class in the html doc I think there would have to be a period before the h1: .h1 { color: darkblue; } If your are going to use the hex notation for color values you'll need to have a # prefix: #asdfas;

Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
4,119 Points
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
4,119 Points

Hello Benjamin, What Track is this you stuck on? And what stage? It looks like you are assigning a background color to the header class.

Benjamin Jackowitz
Benjamin Jackowitz
1,315 Points
Benjamin Jackowitz
Benjamin Jackowitz
1,315 Points

Thanks Rene. I believe that's what it's asking me to do. I am to select (in CSS stylesheet) the <h1>. I gave it <h1 class="header">asdfas</h1> in css i did the above. Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks!