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CSS CSS Selectors Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes :first-child and :last-child

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UL instead of OL ?

In this video, he is updating the first and list child from an unordered list, but he is using OL.

Shouldn't it be?

ul:first-child {
  background: #52bab3;
  color: white;
}

ul:last-child {
  border: none;
}

1 Answer

Olivia Culver
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He's actually referencing the 'li' elements instead of the entire list element. He chooses the 'li' element instead of the 'ul' list element because the ':first-child' pseudo class represents the first element among a group of sibling elements rather than the first child element of a parent element. He writes 

li:first-child {
  background: #52bab3;
  color: white;
}

li:last-child {
  border: none;
}

I hope this helps!