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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Color in CSS

Amanda Shore
Amanda Shore
998 Points

I do not see a preview of the color when I hover over the color code in workspaces, like he does in the video.

Is there a way to fix this? Do I have to select that setting somewhere?

5 Answers

Isaiah Wojciechowski
Isaiah Wojciechowski
3,163 Points

can you post an example of your code. you may be missing some syntax.

Amanda Shore
Amanda Shore
998 Points

Hi, I think my code is correct because it shows up in Preview just fine. What it does not do is show me what the color will look like, in a little box when I hover over it, like it does in the video. I have to save and reload my Preview webpage in order to see the color.

My code looks like this

header{ background: #6ab47b; border-color: #599a68; }

I have the same problem and haven't been able to find anything for it yet.

Nicolas Baria
Nicolas Baria
432 Points

I also have the same problem. Hovering over the color doesn't preview the color, but the code appears to be working correctly in the website preview...

Michael Webb
Michael Webb
1,202 Points

When I switched to Google Chrome as the browser the preview color showed when hovering over color code.

Nicolas Baria
Nicolas Baria
432 Points

thanks, I'll try that. i'm using firefox right now

I am having this problem too.

Did you highlight the value (color)?

Yes