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Joseph Lu
698 Pointswhy doesn't nav then use the property color change the text?
why can't i do
nav { color: value }
or
nav ul { color : value }
or
nav li { color: value }
change the text colors for the navigation but using the selector "a" changes all the color of the anchors?
5 Answers
Nick Yoho
6,957 PointsIf the items in your navigation are links you will have to set a rule for the anchor elements to change their color. You could target them directly like this
nav a {
color: #fff;
}
This would only change the links in the navigation to that color and no other links on the page. The code you have would target any text that is not a link in your navigation
Timo J.
Courses Plus Student 20,919 PointsHEllo Joseph
Show us your code plz?
Joseph Lu
698 Pointsa { text-decoration: none; }
wrapper {
max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 5%; }
logo {
text-align: center; margin: 0; }
a { color: #6ab47b; }
header { background: #6ab47b; border-color: #599a68;
}
h1, h2 { color: #fff;
}
nav { color: #fff; background:#599a68; }
Joseph Lu
698 Pointsi try to do nav { color:#fff; } or nav ul or nav li to change the color of the text , instead of nav a. however it seems that it doesn't work like that. i tested some cases, it seems that you have to put "a" as a decedent in order to change the text in the nav or strictly just use "a" as a selector to change the text.
Joseph Lu
698 Pointsi just wanna know why.
Joseph Lu
698 PointsJoseph Lu
698 Pointsi tested it. you are correct. thx for the help