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Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 PointsWhy is my CSS not targeting the rows for colour?
/* Structural Pseudo-classes------------------ */
div:nth-of-type(even) { background: #52bab3; color: white; }
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Selectors</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css"> <style> body { font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif; color: #616161; padding: 40px 0; } section { margin: auto; width: 50%; } div { border-bottom: 1px dotted; padding: 18px 10px; color: #777;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section>
<h1>Main Heading</h1>
<div>Row 1</div>
<div>Row 2</div>
<div>Row 3</div>
<h1>A new heading</hi>
<div>Row 4</div>
<div>Row 5</div>
<div>Row 6</div>
</section>
</body>
</html>
Both HTML and CSS are in the same directory yet the colour is not showing up. Can anyone help with this?
2 Answers
Samuel Zhen
33,571 Points<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Selectors</title>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
<style>
body { font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif; color: #616161; padding: 40px 0; }
section { margin: auto; width: 50%; }
div { border-bottom: 1px dotted; padding: 18px 10px; color: #777;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section>
<h1>Main Heading</h1>
<div>Row 1</div>
<div>Row 2</div>
<div>Row 3</div>
<h1>A new heading</h1>
<div>Row 4</div>
<div>Row 5</div>
<div>Row 6</div>
</section>
</body>
</html>
The row text is colored in #777 which is correct because the text is inside div and you set the color to #777 for the text.
What color do expect them to be?
Loek Weijts
6,159 PointsIf you put put the line in your CSS:
div { border-bottom: 1px dotted; padding: 18px 10px; color: #777; }
div:nth-of-type(even) { background: #52bab3; color: white; }
Its just working very well? Background is a lightgreen with a white text
Samuel Zhen
33,571 PointsIt's working for me. Where do you put this css rule?
div:nth-of-type(even) { background: #52bab3; color: white; }