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CSS CSS Selectors Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes :first-child and :last-child Challenge

Posted by Franklyn Gregory
Franklyn Gregory
12,098 Points

Create a pseudo-class selector that targets the first-child li in .main-nav. Remove all border styles by setting border

Hmmm, what am I missing?

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
main-nav li:first-child {
        border: none;
    border-top-left-radius: 5px;
    border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
}
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="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <header>
      <h1>My Site!</h1>
      <ul class="main-nav">
        <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Work</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
      </ul>
    </header>
    <div>
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    </div>
</body>
</html>

3 Answers

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

When targeting by class, the class name must be preceded by a period in the selector. Without the period, the system interprets it as a tag name, which of course does not exist.

So the selector should begin with ".main-nav".

deebird
deebird
7,558 Points
deebird
deebird
7,558 Points

it should be like this 

.main-nav li:first-child{
    border:none;
  border-radius: 5px 0 0 5px;
}
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

That's another way to do it, but the separate radius properties work just as well.

Franklyn Gregory
Franklyn Gregory
12,098 Points
Franklyn Gregory
Franklyn Gregory
12,098 Points

My god... i can't believe i messed up something so simple. It was killing me! haha. Thank you!

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

Typos and misspellings are the bane of tyros and gurus alike. :wink: