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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Selectors Descendant Selectors

Natasha Alonso
Natasha Alonso
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Posted by Natasha Alonso
Natasha Alonso
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In CSS Basics challenge question 1 of 3, Create a descendant selector that targets the span inside the header element.

How do I do this?

Natasha Alonso
Natasha Alonso
4,009 Points
Natasha Alonso
Natasha Alonso
4,009 Points

I entered .header span { font-size: 25px; }

Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points
Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points

header and footer are both html elements and should not have a dot in front of them. Similar to how you did not put dots in front of span or p which are also html elements.

2 Answers

Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points
Sergey Podgornyy
Sergey Podgornyy
20,660 Points

It should be:

header span{ font-size: 26px; }