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Steve Isaacs
2,112 PointsWhy do we say "first-child" of the li, and not the ul?
The code challenge says: "Select the li that is the first child of the ul. Set the color to white and background color to black."
and this is the right answer
li:first-child {
color: white;
background-color: black;
}
But logically shouldn't it be a ul instead of li? I mean, we are trying to target the first child of the ul. I'm confused.
2 Answers
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Courses Plus Student 5,041 PointsGood question. It is a child to parent relationship. Meaning first-child pseudo class targeting element from child perspective.
li:first-child{
}
The above CSS code snippet selects li element that is first child to its parent.
See! it is a whole way of seeing child - parent relationship.
I hope I answered your question.
Pedro Reis
12,315 PointsBecause first-child will be selecting every "li" element that is the first-child of its parent.