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CSS Sass Basics Improve Your Workflow with Sass Practice Extending a Selector

Elizabeth Naves
Elizabeth Naves
39,088 Points
Posted by Elizabeth Naves
Elizabeth Naves
39,088 Points

What the heck am I doing wrong here?

I thought I was defining the placeholder selector named warning except I keep on getting Bummer! Make sure you define a placeholder selector named 'warning'.

style.scss 
.roundy {
width: 150px;
border-radius: 50%;
}

.img-author {
@extend .roundy;
}

.warning {
font-weight: bold;
color: red; }
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Looks like you are defining a class by starting with a period, isn't the placeholder defined with percent sign %?

1 Answer

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

The challenge is wanting you to create a placeholder meaning it won't be rendered to CSS by itself. This is done with the % character. You extend this placeholder rule the same way you did .roundy:

%warning {
  font-weight: bold;
  color: red; 
}

.message-box {
  @extend %warning;
}