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Steph Hamilton
17,573 PointsIn this challenge, it asks you to target the list items inside .main-nav.
To get the correct answer, I didn't include .main-nav anywhere. I just answered it with: li:first-child { border: none; }
How do I know I am targeting the list items inside .main-nav if I don't include it anywhere in my code?
Thanks!
I appreciate the help.
2 Answers
Bob McCarty
Courses Plus Student 16,618 PointsStephanie, The test accepts both selectors ".main-nav li:first-child" and "li:first-child " as the correct answer. Using the ".main-nav li:first-child " selector styles only the first list item in .main-nav element. The selector without the .main-nav qualifier styles all first child list items <li> on the page.
Bob.
Gianmarco Mazzoran
22,076 PointsHi Stephanie Hamilton ,
if in your html file the only list-items that you have is inside an <ul> tag with the class "main-nav" (like in this challenge), you can select only the li tag because you don't have any other list-items inside your document.
li:first-child {
/* your awesome style */
}
Otherwise if you have, perhaps, two menus inside your html file, in order to style each one in a different way, you have to be more specific when you select the <li> tag in your css file.
.main-nav li:first-child {
/* your awesome style */
}
.second-nav li:first-child {
/* your awesome style */
}