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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Basic Structural Pseudo-Classes

Randy Preising
Randy Preising
3,254 Points
Posted by Randy Preising
Randy Preising
3,254 Points

Stuck on basic structural pseudo-classes challenge

Not sure what I did wrong here. Any ideas?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Structural Pseudo-Classes</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <ul>
        <li>First child of ul</li>
        <li>Second child</li>
        <li>Third child</li>
        <li>Fourth child</li>
        <li>Last child of ul</li>
    </ul>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

li: first-child  {
  color: white;
  background-color: black;
}

2 Answers

Jesse Fisher
Jesse Fisher
10,830 Points

There should not be a space between the colon and pseudo selector:

li:first-child {
  color: white;
  background-color: black;
}

I think of the pseudo element as being attached to the main element.

Randy Preising
Randy Preising
3,254 Points
Randy Preising
Randy Preising
3,254 Points

Thank you! I guess I got too used to putting a space after the colon.