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Bernard Shields
Courses Plus Student 1,209 PointsUnable to include hover state
Task 4 of the Code Challenge for Stage 5 of Front-end Web Development asks that we add a hover state to the nav link. I written the CSS as follows:
nav:hover { color: #32673f; } I believe this is the correct code, but I'm getting an error msg that asks if I've added the hover state.
Any suggestions?
2 Answers
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Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsYou are missing a hash symbol at the beginning. See if the below passes.
The pseudo class should be applied to the anchor element after selecting the nav element.
nav a:hover {
color: #32673f;
}
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Bernard Shields
Courses Plus Student 1,209 PointsHi Dustin, thanks!
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsJason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Dustin,
Not sure how this would pass. It's a
nav
element not an element with an id of "nav"Should be
nav a:hover
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsDustin Matlock
33,856 PointsThat's correct. Sometimes people implement the navigation using a div and label it nav but in this scenario it's actually the HTML5 element. Thanks for correcting that.