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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Write Hexadecimal Colors

David Bruce
David Bruce
2,968 Points
Posted by David Bruce
David Bruce
2,968 Points

tying to add a hover state to nav links in css, wondering what I'm doing wrong }

i coded as follows:

nav a:hover { text-color: #32673f; } I keep getting error asking if i styled (:hover)

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}
p {
  color:#000;
}
nav a {
  color:#fff;
}
nav a, nav a:hover {
  text-color: #32673f;
}

1 Answer

Michael Afanasiev
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Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points
Michael Afanasiev
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points

Hi David,

There's no such property as text-color :) The challenge's text editor is giving you hints too by highlighting a proper\improper properties:

Screenshot

Hope this helps!