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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Media Queries

Posted by Donald Richmond
Donald Richmond
13,807 Points

How to set font-size to 1.4rem

I am using this code to try to set the font-size of .title to 1.4rem.
Why does the system continually say that it is wrong??? Please advise.

@media (max-width: 768px) .title {font-size: 1.40rem; } h1 {font-size: 5.00rem; }
}

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
@media (max-width:1020px) 
  {.main-header {background: tomato;  color: white;
  }
@media (max-width:  768px) 
     .title {font-size: 1.40rem;  }
      h1    {font-size: 5.00rem;  }    
  }
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1 class="main-heading">Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>

        <div class="primary-content">
            <p class="intro">
                Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
            </p>
            <a class="callout" href="#more">Find out more</a>
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

Your media queries are not set up properly, you've nested the 768px media query inside the one for 1020px. Your formatting is a little off in general, let's clean things up for consistency and readability:

/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
@media (max-width:1020px) {
    .main-header {
        background: tomato;
        color: white;
    }
} /* this closes our 1020px media query */

@media (max-width:  768px) {
    .title { font-size: 1.40rem; }
    h1 { font-size: 5.00rem; }
} /* this closes our 768px media query */

If a selector has more than one property inside, I'll put each property on it's own line like we have for .main-header. If a selector only has one property, I leave everything on the same line like we have for .title and h1.

Darren Joy
Darren Joy
19,573 Points
Darren Joy
Darren Joy
19,573 Points

I ran through the code in WorkSpaces and you are missing an intro { - should be after 768px) or before .title

@media (max-width: 768px) .title {font-size: 1.40rem; } h1 {font-size: 5.00rem; }
}

Darren Joy
Darren Joy
19,573 Points
Darren Joy
Darren Joy
19,573 Points

Jeff Lemay is right. I noticed you were missing another one at the end of the first query as well..

Donald Richmond
Donald Richmond
13,807 Points
Donald Richmond
Donald Richmond
13,807 Points

Thanks all! Problem solved!