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HTML How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Add and Style Icons

Chase Setser
Chase Setser
3,802 Points
Posted by Chase Setser
Chase Setser
3,802 Points

Select the under ordered list with the class contact-info error?

The question was "Select the under ordered list with the class contact-info and set the font size to 0.9em and remove the padding, margin, and list style."

So I typed

.contact-info ul { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; font-size: 0.9em; }

and it said it was wrong. but it said

.contact-info { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; font-size: 0.9em; }

was right. The first one has the unordered list selected because it's ".contact-info ul" so why did it say it's wrong?

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.contact-info {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.9em;
}

.contact-info

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

h1 {
  font-family: ‘Changa One’, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding: 0;
}

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

nav a {
  font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px;
}

.profile-photo {
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto 30px;
      max-width: 150px;
  border-radius: 100%;
}

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Chase,

The second one is right because it is selecting the class. The unordered list has the class of contact-info, so this will work.

However, to be more specific in selecting, you can do it kind of like the first one. You have the right idea, just backwards. The way you had it, it was looking for an unordered list inside of an element with the class of contact-info. Now, if you used ul.contact-info, it is looking for an unordered list with the class of contact-info.

I hope that makes sense. :)