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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS Welcome to HTML and CSS

Posted by deedavis
deedavis
153 Points

The background won't change from grey to blue??

If you are having trouble with your background, Click file, then and THEN refresh, this part of the instruction is not given in the video but this will save you some time...it's not you...keep going You got this!

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,785 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,785 Points

There are two steps to updating a preview in the workspaces:

  1. first, save the changes using the edit menu or the Ctrl-S keyboard shortcut
  2. then, refresh the browser to see the results (often the F5 key, depending on browser).

Make sure you're doing both of these.

Kane Sillifant
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Kane Sillifant
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 1,517 Points
Kane Sillifant
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Kane Sillifant
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 1,517 Points

Hi there,

instead of background-color; #XXXXXX;

do background-color: blue;

The problem is that you are probably using a # in front of blue. I had the same issue.