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CSS CSS Selectors Selectors - Beyond the Basics Combinators Challenge

Rodney Harrison
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Rodney Harrison
Courses Plus Student 3,015 Points
Posted by Rodney Harrison
Rodney Harrison
Courses Plus Student 3,015 Points

Adjacent sibling selector

I am stuck. How do you create a new selector that targets p elements that are adjacent siblings of an h2 element?

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

.main-nav > li {
   display: inline-block;
   margin-left: 20px;   
}

h2 {
   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>
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        </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

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The adjacent sibiling combinator is a plus-sign ("+").

And remember that the actual target comes last in a combined selector, so the "selector that targets p elements that are adjacent siblings of an h2 element" would be: "h2 + p".

Boonsuen Oh
Boonsuen Oh
18,788 Points
Boonsuen Oh
Boonsuen Oh
18,788 Points

Here is the solution

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

h2 + p {
  margin-top: .5em;
}