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  • Cesare Parmiggiani
    Cesare Parmiggiani
    8,017 Points

    Wrong child

    Posted August 24, 2015 3:03pm by Cesare Parmiggiani
    Cesare Parmiggiani
    8,017 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
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    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    2 Answers

  • Michael Deakin
    Michael Deakin
    4,830 Points

    how do i select the main div to create a child combinator?

    Posted May 19, 2015 9:11pm by Michael Deakin
    Michael Deakin
    4,830 Points
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    4 Answers

  • Vladimir Miletic
    Vladimir Miletic
    6,201 Points

    Create a child selector to target the anchor element that is a direct child of the div. Set its color to green and font

    Posted April 23, 2015 1:49am by Vladimir Miletic
    Vladimir Miletic
    6,201 Points
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    1 Answer

  • MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
    MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
    9,532 Points

    child element

    Posted February 10, 2015 8:14pm by MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
    MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
    9,532 Points
    • CSS
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    2 Answers

  • MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
    MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
    9,532 Points

    child element

    Posted February 10, 2015 8:11pm by MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
    MUZ140259 Juliana Kofi
    9,532 Points
    • CSS
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    0 Answers

  • Owen Swift
    Owen Swift
    5,744 Points

    Creating child selectors?

    Posted January 26, 2015 9:43am by Owen Swift
    Owen Swift
    5,744 Points
    • CSS
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    1 Answer

  • MUZ140075 Melody A. Nyatsine
    MUZ140075 Melody A. Nyatsine
    6,052 Points

    stage 2 selectors, task 1

    Posted January 6, 2015 9:27am by MUZ140075 Melody A. Nyatsine
    MUZ140075 Melody A. Nyatsine
    6,052 Points
    • CSS
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    1 Answer

  • Dinah Squire
    Dinah Squire
    686 Points

    How do you make a word bold with CSS?

    Posted December 19, 2014 8:04pm by Dinah Squire
    Dinah Squire
    686 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
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    1 Answer

  • MUZ140045 Tafadzwa Gumunyu
    MUZ140045 Tafadzwa Gumunyu
    13,202 Points

    stage 2 challenge 1

    Posted December 17, 2014 7:01am by MUZ140045 Tafadzwa Gumunyu
    MUZ140045 Tafadzwa Gumunyu
    13,202 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
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    1 Answer

  • Joshua szkodlarski
    Joshua szkodlarski
    8,604 Points

    I'm having trouble remembering how to make the text bold he didn't show us and i haven't done that in a while

    Posted December 13, 2014 11:47pm by Joshua szkodlarski
    Joshua szkodlarski
    8,604 Points
    • CSS
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    3 Answers

  • ella blue
    ella blue
    2,252 Points

    Hi, Can someone tell me what's wrong with this code. p > a { color:green; font-weight:bold; }

    Posted December 9, 2014 1:24am by ella blue
    ella blue
    2,252 Points
    • CSS
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    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    2 Answers

  • Reagen Rahardjo
    PLUS
    Reagen Rahardjo
    Courses Plus Student 1,431 Points

    Why is my code wrong

    Posted October 14, 2014 9:52am by Reagen Rahardjo
    Reagen Rahardjo
    Courses Plus Student 1,431 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    1 Answer

  • Lee Ann VanWinckel
    Lee Ann VanWinckel
    1,480 Points

    This appears to be the same as the right answers I have seen here, but gets an error message.

    Posted August 14, 2014 8:03am by Lee Ann VanWinckel
    Lee Ann VanWinckel
    1,480 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
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    6 Answers

  • Steven Fout
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    Steven Fout
    Courses Plus Student 2,162 Points

    CSS Child Selectors. I don't understand...

    Posted August 8, 2014 12:40am by Steven Fout
    Steven Fout
    Courses Plus Student 2,162 Points
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    • CSS Foundations
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    5 Answers

  • Jeremy Martinez
    Jeremy Martinez
    591 Points

    answer

    Posted July 10, 2014 9:14pm by Jeremy Martinez
    Jeremy Martinez
    591 Points
    • CSS
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    1 Answer

  • Kent Drummond
    Kent Drummond
    8,309 Points

    need help with selectors

    Posted July 2, 2014 3:30pm by Kent Drummond
    Kent Drummond
    8,309 Points
    • CSS
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    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    4 Answers

  • Toni Caktas
    Toni Caktas
    16,957 Points

    child selector

    Posted June 5, 2014 10:26pm by Toni Caktas
    Toni Caktas
    16,957 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
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    1 Answer

  • Carson Clark
    Carson Clark
    2,159 Points

    Create a child selector to target the anchor element that is a direct child of the div. Set its color to green and font

    Posted May 28, 2014 4:20am by Carson Clark
    Carson Clark
    2,159 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    1 Answer

  • john yi
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    john yi
    Courses Plus Student 1,526 Points

    Create a child selector to target the anchor element that is a direct child of the div. Set its color to green and font

    Posted May 15, 2014 4:51am by john yi
    john yi
    Courses Plus Student 1,526 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    1 Answer

  • Carolyn Munnoch
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    Carolyn Munnoch
    Courses Plus Student 1,957 Points

    Child selector to target anchor

    Posted May 14, 2014 3:39am by Carolyn Munnoch
    Carolyn Munnoch
    Courses Plus Student 1,957 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    4 Answers

  • Joe Morello
    Joe Morello
    1,734 Points

    Bummer! The child combinator is >, make sure the color is set to 'green'.

    Posted May 13, 2014 10:24pm by Joe Morello
    Joe Morello
    1,734 Points
    • CSS
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    2 Answers

  • SIDONY SMITH
    SIDONY SMITH
    1,454 Points

    Using combinators

    Posted May 12, 2014 9:00am by SIDONY SMITH
    SIDONY SMITH
    1,454 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
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    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    2 Answers

  • mariabaseleon
    mariabaseleon
    1,624 Points

    Combinator question

    Posted April 26, 2014 1:48am by mariabaseleon
    mariabaseleon
    1,624 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    3 Answers

  • Andrew McCracken
    Andrew McCracken
    9,323 Points

    I am having a bit of bother with this challenge

    Posted April 22, 2014 5:54pm by Andrew McCracken
    Andrew McCracken
    9,323 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    1 Answer

  • Jack Carter
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    Jack Carter
    Courses Plus Student 1,865 Points

    Selectors challenge task 2

    Posted April 21, 2014 2:28pm by Jack Carter
    Jack Carter
    Courses Plus Student 1,865 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    1 Answer

  • Adrian Thomas
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    Adrian Thomas
    Courses Plus Student 998 Points

    I dont understand what im doing

    Posted March 10, 2014 10:53am by Adrian Thomas
    Adrian Thomas
    Courses Plus Student 998 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    2 Answers

  • Krista Smyth
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    Krista Smyth
    Courses Plus Student 11,784 Points

    what am I doing wrong

    Posted March 9, 2014 3:50pm by Krista Smyth
    Krista Smyth
    Courses Plus Student 11,784 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    2 Answers

  • Kate Hong
    Kate Hong
    5,924 Points

    Answers to the code challenge.

    Posted March 1, 2014 6:18pm by Kate Hong
    Kate Hong
    5,924 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
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    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    1 Answer

  • Nicole Elliott
    Nicole Elliott
    2,556 Points

    major bummber

    Posted February 27, 2014 4:45pm by Nicole Elliott
    Nicole Elliott
    2,556 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    5 Answers

  • Randy Crowson
    Randy Crowson
    2,531 Points

    Create a child selector to target the anchor element that is a direct child of the div. Set its color to green and font weight to bold.

    Posted February 17, 2014 6:03pm by Randy Crowson
    Randy Crowson
    2,531 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Foundations
    • Selectors
    • Using Combinators in Selectors

    1 Answer

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