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CSS CSS Selectors Selectors - Beyond the Basics Attribute Selectors

Kiran Reddy
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attribute doesn't change the color of email

This code is not changing the color as mentioned in the video. Can someone help?

input [type="text"] {
  background:red;
}

input [placeholder] {
  background:#fdfee6;
}

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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In many cases CSS isn't that picky about whitespace, but this isn't one of them. The space you have betwen input and your square brackets is breaking your code. Take a look at what it should look like:

input[type="text"] {
  background:red;
}

input[placeholder] {
  background:#fdfee6;
}