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CSS CSS Selectors Selectors - Beyond the Basics Combinators Challenge

Posted by Sanjay gouri
Sanjay gouri
Courses Plus Student 1,551 Points

Adjacent siblings css

Need to Create selector that targets p with adjacent h2 and to create margin-top of .5em

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.main-nav > li {

 display:inline-block;
  margin-left:20px;

}

.post + .post {

margin-top: .5em;

}
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="base.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <header class="main-header">
    <h1>My Blog</h1>
    <ul class="main-nav">
      <li><a href="#">About Me</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">My Work</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Get In Touch</a></li>
    </ul>
  </header>
    <div class="main">
        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut et feugiat libero. Cras ut fermentum nisi. Nullam mattis, ipsum commodo laoreet volutpat, augue eros ornare lorem, eu interdum leo massa a nibh.</p>
        <p>In vel semper lorem. Pellentesque in quam pulvinar, fringilla justo ac, accumsan ante. Etiam in malesuada lacus.</p>

        <div class="post">
            <h2>Post Heading</h2>
            <p>Nulla eu vestibulum mauris. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Integer blandit ex velit, vitae consequat quam viverra at... <a href="#">read more &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
        <div class="post">
            <h2>Post Heading</h2>
            <p>Aliquam cursus tempor molestie. Phasellus nec mattis elit. Sed fringilla laoreet magna, sodales vulputate leo auctor eu. Cras scelerisque laoreet faucibus. Proin cursus, metus... <a href="#">read more &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Mark Cuda
Mark Cuda
6,428 Points
Mark Cuda
Mark Cuda
6,428 Points

Hi there! So you want to create a combinator to your selector as you have. The + combinator. The + combinator targets an element's immediate sibling - THIS IS ALSO CALLED THE ADJACENT SIBLING SELECTOR. Which is important to remember for reference later :)

However right now you are targeting the class .post + the class .post again. What you want is the following:

h2 + p {
margin-top: .5em;
}

Since in the code challenge it's asking you to do the following: It looks like we need to decrease the space between h2 elements and the paragraph that immediately follows. Create a new selector that targets p elements that are adjacent siblings of an h2. Then, set the top margin to .5em.

So we want to select p elements (paragraphs) that are adjacent to h2 elements.

I hope this helps!! Please let me know.