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Fedor Andreev
6,438 PointsThis question made no sense at all? Maybe I'm wrong?
Create a new rule that targets the first 4 list items only. Set the font weight to bold.
Ignore the bold, I got that right.
Create a new rule that targets the first 4 list items only.
So target the first 4 list items only. From what I understand, that means, list 1 list 2 list 3 list 4 all have to be colored.
But the answer: 4n+1
Means you start on the first element and skip every 4. It did not select the first 4 lists. I'm so confused..
3 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 PointsLooks like you found a bug as your understanding of nth-child is correct.
- 4n+1 would select 1, 5, 9 and continue the pattern
- -n+4 would select just the first 4 (1 to 4)
There's a submit feedback button at the end of every code challenge where you can tell the Treehouse team about any issues you ran into when working on a code challenge, such as the bug you found here.
Adama Sy
7,076 Pointslol i'm gonna do that soon... As a french guy I do struggle sometimes with the English on this page. Sometimes they don't actually make sens to me, but I always find a way. :)
Jeff Busch
19,287 PointsHi Fedor,
(-n+4) starts at the fourth item and selects every item before it.
Jeff
li:nth-child(-n+4) {
font-weight: bold;
}