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CSS Animating SVG with CSS Transitions and Transforms Transitions and Transforms

Posted by Stefan Hoffmann
Stefan Hoffmann
24,811 Points

Make sure you're including a fill property

Hello !

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/animating-svg-with-css/transitions-and-transforms/transitions-and-transforms

.star-bg:hover { fill: steelblue; }

That is what I do. And that I thought I need to do. But it won't let me pass by. What do I do wrong?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Animating SVG with CSS</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="base.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="60 60 240 240">
    <g>
        <circle class="star-bg" fill="#40adcf" stroke="#fff" stroke-width="6" cx="180" cy="180" r="108.3"/>
        <path class="star" fill="#fff" stroke="#fff" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M180 107.8l16.9 52.1h54.8l-44.3 32.2 16.9 52.1-44.3-32.2-44.3 32.2 16.9-52.1-44.3-32.2h54.8z"/>
    </g>
  </svg>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.star-bg {
  transition: fill 1s;
}

.star-bg:hover {
  fill : steelblue;
}

1 Answer

Guil Hernandez
STAFF
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher
Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher

Hey there,

It looks like you need to close the space between fill and :

Hope this helps. :)