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4,483 PointsWhy is my code not making changes to width/height of my social media icons? It can only change the margin
Hi, I still have a problem with my code. I tried to follow Nick's code but my icon's are not budging with my codes. Only the margin seems to work. If I change the margin values to the footer icons, using the social-icon class in CSS, it does work and I can see the change when I refresh the page. But why is it that the width and height are not changing no matter what number I put into the value section? Is it the kind of image that I use? Or problem linking the class? Did I make a mistake in writing the code for the footer icon images in index.html, or the path? This is how I wrote it. } .social-icon { width: 20px; height: 20px; margin: 0 5px; } Attached is the screenshot of my code. Thank you.
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsIn the HTML, that class is applied to the link, not the image. To change the size of the image you would need to target the image itself in your CSS rule.
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KAMRAN IMRANLI
4,107 PointsSteven Parker but the <img> is nested inside the <a> tags. Why don't they change?
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsSome settings are inherited from the parent element, and some are not and must be applied directly to the target.
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4,483 PointsYes!!! That did it. Thank you so so much!!!