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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Border Radius

Posted by Colin Hartmann
Colin Hartmann
Courses Plus Student 2,875 Points

I'm not sure what this question is asking

What does it mean "shorten it by 2 units"? Does this mean that I rewrite each unit as shown below? I'm really confused as to how to go about answering this question

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.wildlife {
  border-radius: 20px 5px 20px 5px;
  border-radius: 18px 3px 18px 3px;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body>
        <div class="primary-content">
      <div class="wildlife">
        <h2>Check out all the Wildlife</h2>
        <p>
          As spawning season approaches, the fish acquire a humpback and protuberant jaw. After spawning, they die and their carcasses provide a feast for gatherings of <a href="#mink">mink</a>, <a href="#bears">bears</a>, and <a href="#eagles">bald eagles</a>.
        </p>
      </div><!-- End .wildlife -->
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Chris Bennett
Chris Bennett
7,499 Points

This should fix the problem. In CSS you can use a shorthand, when you use two values only it applies it to the top/bottom and the right/left.

Here's a good article on this from MDN: CSS shorthand

The working CSS code below:

/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.wildlife {
  border-radius: 20px 5px;
/* Not sure if you need the below but here is the shorthand anyway*/
  border-radius: 18px 3px;
}
Colin Hartmann
Colin Hartmann
Courses Plus Student 2,875 Points

Thank you! It doesn't ask to change the values, just to convert it to shorthand notation (so the code is: border-radius: 20px 5px; )

Thank you I just couldn't understand the question

Richard Hope
Richard Hope
25,237 Points
Richard Hope
Richard Hope
25,237 Points

It wants you to simplify the syntax. Because 2 of the values match each other there is a shorter way to write this.