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CSS

Posted by Miriam Allman
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points

why is this wrong - my error message was make sure you're setting background colour to light steel blue

main-content {

background-color: lightsteelblue;

}

What am I doing wrong

2 Answers

Emre Karakuz
Emre Karakuz
9,162 Points
Emre Karakuz
Emre Karakuz
9,162 Points

seems like you forgot "." in the beginning of the main-content

your code is :

main-content {
      background-color: lightsteelblue;
}

the true one is:

.main-content {
      background-color: lightsteelblue;
}

let me know if it worked or not

Miriam Allman
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points

i tried that

.main-content { background-color: lightsteelblue;

and i got this error message Make sure you're using an ID selector that targets 'main-content'.

Emre Karakuz
Emre Karakuz
9,162 Points

I thought main-content was a class selector. try :

#main-content {
     background-color: lightsteelblue;
}
Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

Try setting the same value with the background property. :-)