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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Basic Attribute Selectors

Matt Buckingham
Matt Buckingham
4,419 Points
Posted by Matt Buckingham
Matt Buckingham
4,419 Points

What's wrong with this code?

a{color:darkred} input{background-color:lightyellow;} .submit{color:white; background-color:steelblue;}

5 Answers

Alexandra Silcox
Alexandra Silcox
24,486 Points

Ok, I see what's going on here. The challenge is not asking for you to target the classes, but attributes. In this case it's having you target what would contain the type attribute value of submit. In this case it would be an input element. I hope this helps.

input[type="submit"] {
  color:white;
  background-color:steelblue; 
}
Alexandra Silcox
Alexandra Silcox
24,486 Points
Alexandra Silcox
Alexandra Silcox
24,486 Points

You are missing the semi-colon (;) after color:darkred

a {
   color: darkred;
}
Joel David Crouse
Joel David Crouse
9,062 Points
Joel David Crouse
Joel David Crouse
9,062 Points

It looks like you're missing a semi-colon after darkred...

a {
     color: darkred;
}
Brian Goldstein
Brian Goldstein
19,419 Points
Brian Goldstein
Brian Goldstein
19,419 Points

yup. syntax is important. 

.class or #id element {
          attribute: value;
}```
Matt Buckingham
Matt Buckingham
4,419 Points
Matt Buckingham
Matt Buckingham
4,419 Points

that did not work it is the .submit{color:white; background-color:steelblue;} part that needs to be fixed. here are the instructions Finally, add a new attribute selector that will target the submit button. Set the text color to white and the background color to steelblue and here is what it is saying Bummer! Please check your attribute selector, make sure background-color is set to 'steelblue'.