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CSS CSS Selectors Selectors - Beyond the Basics Combinators Challenge

Posted by Natalie Peterson
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Natalie Peterson
UX Design Techdegree Student 5,286 Points

Why is my answer incorrect?

"It looks like we need to decrease the space between h2 elements and the paragraph that immediately follows. Create a new selector that targets p elements that are adjacent siblings of an h2. Then, set the top margin to .5em."

The second portion of my code is coming up as incorrect and I cannot figure out why?

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.main-nav > li {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 20px;
}

h2 ~ p {
  margin-top: .5em;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Selectors</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="base.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <header class="main-header">
    <h1>My Blog</h1>
    <ul class="main-nav">
      <li><a href="#">About Me</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">My Work</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Get In Touch</a></li>
    </ul>
  </header>
    <div class="main">
        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut et feugiat libero. Cras ut fermentum nisi. Nullam mattis, ipsum commodo laoreet volutpat, augue eros ornare lorem, eu interdum leo massa a nibh.</p>
        <p>In vel semper lorem. Pellentesque in quam pulvinar, fringilla justo ac, accumsan ante. Etiam in malesuada lacus.</p>

        <div class="post">
            <h2>Post Heading</h2>
            <p>Nulla eu vestibulum mauris. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Integer blandit ex velit, vitae consequat quam viverra at... <a href="#">read more &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
        <div class="post">
            <h2>Post Heading</h2>
            <p>Aliquam cursus tempor molestie. Phasellus nec mattis elit. Sed fringilla laoreet magna, sodales vulputate leo auctor eu. Cras scelerisque laoreet faucibus. Proin cursus, metus... <a href="#">read more &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Ramiro Martinez
Ramiro Martinez
13,858 Points
Ramiro Martinez
Ramiro Martinez
13,858 Points

To need to change the selector....

.main-nav > li {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 20px;
}
h2 + p {
 margin-top: .5em; 
}
Natalie Peterson
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Natalie Peterson
UX Design Techdegree Student 5,286 Points

Thanks Ramiro, that worked. I was stuck on the word "follow" in the question, and was trying to use ~ instead of +.

Erik Cruz
Erik Cruz
9,772 Points
Erik Cruz
Erik Cruz
9,772 Points

Yes, Ramiro is correct. Because the selector you used "~" will select all the p elements that come after the h2 and the + selector will select only the element that is immediately preceded by the former element, in other words only the p element that comes after the h2 will get margin-top: .5em; and not the rest of the p tags.

Natalie Peterson
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Natalie Peterson
UX Design Techdegree Student 5,286 Points

Makes sense, thanks Erik!