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CSS

Posted by brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points

Why isn't my main-title and active classes working?

The css properties I'm applying to the main-title and active classes aren't working for some reason

!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
 <head>
 <title>TEST</title>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
 </head>
 <body>
  <header>
   <h1 class="main-title">This Is a Test</h1>
   <nav>
    <ul>
     <li class="main-nav" class="active"><a href="index.html">HOME</a></li>
     <li class="main-nav">
      <span> Content 1 </span>
      <ul class="sub-nav">
       <li><a href="page1.html">Page 1</a></li>
       <li><a href="page2.html">Page 2</a></li>
       <li><a href="page3.html">Page 3</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
     <li class="main-nav">
      <span> Content 2 </span>
      <ul class="sub-nav">
       <li><a href="page4.html">Page 4</a></li>
       <li><a href="page5.html">Page 5</a></li>
       <li><a href="page6.html">Page 6</a></li>
      </ul>
     </li>
     <li class="main-nav">
      <span> Content 3 </span>
      <ul class="sub-nav">
       <li><a href="page7.html">Page 7</a></li>
       <li><a href="page1.html">Page 8</a></li>
       <li><a href="page1.html">Page 9</a></li>
      </ul>
     </li>
    </ul>
   </nav>
  </header>
  <section>
  </section>
  <footer>
  </footer>
 </body>
</html>

html{
    font-size: 1em;
}

body {
    margin: auto;
    padding: 0;
    max-width: 100%;
}

header {
    margin: auto;
    padding: 0;
    max-width: 100%;
}
/***********************this isnt working
.main-title {
    font-size: 2em;
}
********************************************/
nav {
    color: white;
    background-color: orange;
    margin: auto;
    padding: 0;
    max-width: 100%;
}

nav li > span, nav  a{
    font-size: 1.5em;
}
nav ul {
    text-align: right;
    max-width: 100%;
    margin: auto;
    padding: 0 5% 0 0;
}

nav li {
    border-style: solid;
    border-width: 0 1px 0 0;
    border-color: rgba(0,0,0,.1);
    display: inline-block;
    list-style: none;
    margin: 3px;
    padding: 2px;
    max-width: 100%;
}

nav a {
    text-decoration: none;
}

nav a:visited {
    color: white;
/**************************this isnt working
.active {
    background-color: grey;
}
***********************************************/
.main-nav {
    position: relative;

}

.sub-nav{
    position: absolute;
    display: none;
}

.main-nav:hover .sub-nav{
    display: block;
}
section {
    margin: auto;
    padding: 0;
    max-width: 100%;
}

footer {
    margin: auto;
    padding: 0;
    max-width: 100%;
}

2 Answers

brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points

I figured it out I added two class attributes intead of putting two values in one class attribute for example class="main-nav active" vs class="main-nav" class="active"

alastair cooper
alastair cooper
30,618 Points
alastair cooper
alastair cooper
30,618 Points

They both work in my browser. However, I had to add a closing brace to the css rule before .active to get it to work, and I had to add an opening brace to the DOCTYPE declaration to get the .main-title to work.

I expect these were just copy and paste errors to the question post, but it's worth checking in case that is where your problem lies.

Nice drop down navs by the way.

brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points

yeah those were copy and paste error, that's weird I wonder why its working in your browser but not mine. Are you using chrome? Thanks :)