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Michal Broniewicz
Michal Broniewicz
6,681 Points
Posted by Michal Broniewicz
Michal Broniewicz
6,681 Points

:target not working after adding another background.

Hello there.

In website im currently working on I want my nav to higlight divs with ID given. Everything was working perfectly fine but when I change those Div's background the target is still scrolling my website down but what was written in :target doesnt apply.

Here is what I want my target to do.

:target {
  background: #E6E6E6;
  color: black;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

Its working perfectly fine but background is not changing when i add background property here:

#general,
#item,
#contact {
  border-radius: 10px;
  max-width: 40%;
  margin: 2% 4%;
  float: left;
  padding-left: 2%;
  padding-bottom: 2%;
  background-color: #CF8D56;
}

How can I fix that?

1 Answer

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points

Looked into this as I was unsure myself and it is due to CSS specificity.

Defining a rule via element ID has a higher priority then a pseudo-selector such as :target. So the background-color rule in #contact element has a higher priority then the background-color rule in the :target pseudo-selector.

The following code should fix the problem (adding !important will overide any other style rules targeted at the element):

#contact {
  border-radius: 10px;
  max-width: 40%;
  margin: 2% 4%;
  float: left;
  padding-left: 2%;
  padding-bottom: 2%;  
  background-color: #CF8D56;
}

:target {
  background-color: #E6E6E6 !important;
  color: black;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

Codepen: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/JdjLRv

Michal Broniewicz
Michal Broniewicz
6,681 Points
Michal Broniewicz
Michal Broniewicz
6,681 Points

Thats great tip! Thanks the !important fixed it and i guess i will use it in future.