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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Advanced Nesting

Posted by Robert Wilde
Robert Wilde
Courses Plus Student 5,400 Points

what is the correct method for the nested selector

I have the following but recieving error. I have tested in my IDE and result is what I expected. .footer p a {}. What am I missing?

p {
  a {
    color: red;
    .footer & {
      color:purple;
    }
  }
}

1 Answer

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Robert:

Here is my explanation for another Treehouse member on this challenge.

By the way, where did you create your avatar? I would like to get a higher resolution version avatar for myself.

Ken