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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Classes: :nth-child

Posted by Israt Ali
Israt Ali
5,358 Points

What is wrong with my code?

why (n+4) is not passing?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Structural Pseudo-classes</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="cc1-main-style.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <ul>
        <li>List item 1</li>
        <li>List item 2</li>
        <li>List item 3</li>
        <li>List item 4</li>
        <li>List item 5</li>
        <li>List item 6</li>
        <li>List item 7</li>
    </ul>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Write your CSS below */
:nth-child(even){
color:white;
background-color: black;
}
:nth-child(3){
color:white;
background-color: #FF6347;

:nth-child(n+4){
font-weight: bold;
}

1 Answer

Ryan Field
PLUS
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points
Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

Hi, Israt. Here, :nth-child is what is known as a pseudo selector, so it must be attached to something else. In your case, you need to use li before them so that they properly attach to the list items in the unordered list, like this:

li:nth-child(even){
color:white;
background-color: black;
}