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CSS CSS Basics Basic Selectors Descendant Selectors

Julia Bauer
Julia Bauer
1,493 Points
Posted by Julia Bauer
Julia Bauer
1,493 Points

Next, target the unordered list that is a descendant of the main-content class. Add a background-color property

I'm trying to find the answer to this code! My current code is:

.main-content ul {background-color: papayawhip;}

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
header span {
  font-size: 26px;

.main-content ul{
background-color: papayawhip;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Developer Diane: Resume</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main>
    <header>
      <img src="developer-diane.jpg" alt="Developer Diane coding on her laptop.">
      <h1>Developer Diane: Resume</h1>
      <span>email: diane@developerdiane.com</span>
    </header>          
    <section class="main-content">
      <h2>Experience</h2>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <h3>Super Web Design Shop</h3>
          <p>Junior Developer</p>
          <p class="date special">February 2020-present</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <h3>Pretty Good Websites, Inc.</h3>
          <p>Web Development Intern</p>
          <p>July 2019-January 2020</p>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <section>
      <h2>Awards and Achievements</h2>
      <ol>
        <li>Dev Ninja Award, November 2020</li>
        <li>Developer of the Month, October 2019</li>
        <li>Achieved rating of 6 kyu on <a href="https://www.codewars.com/">Codewars</a></li>
        <li>Certified Accessibility Specialist</li>
      </ol>
    </section>
    <footer>
      <p>Developer Diane. <small>Ā©2020</small></p>
    </footer>
  </main>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jaskaran Pannu
Jaskaran Pannu
1,564 Points
Jaskaran Pannu
Jaskaran Pannu
1,564 Points

In your CSS file, You need to close "header span".

header span { /* closing curly bracket is missing. */ }

Derek Kent
Derek Kent
3,783 Points
Derek Kent
Derek Kent
3,783 Points

header span { font-size: 26px; }