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CSS Animating SVG with CSS Transitions and Transforms Transitions and Transforms

Sheila McManus
Sheila McManus
13,150 Points
Posted by Sheila McManus
Sheila McManus
13,150 Points

Animating SVG with CSS Challenge Task 2 of 6

Why doesn't this pass? The preview works

.star-bg { transition: 1s; } .star-bg:hover { fill: yellow; }

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Animating SVG with CSS</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="base.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="60 60 240 240">
    <g>
        <circle class="star-bg" fill="#40adcf" stroke="#fff" stroke-width="6" cx="180" cy="180" r="108.3"/>
        <path class="star" fill="#fff" stroke="#fff" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" d="M180 107.8l16.9 52.1h54.8l-44.3 32.2 16.9 52.1-44.3-32.2-44.3 32.2 16.9-52.1-44.3-32.2h54.8z"/>
    </g>
      </svg>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.star-bg {
  transition: 1s;
}
.star-bg:hover {
  fill: yellow;
}

1 Answer

tate
tate
13,435 Points

You want to just target the fill instead of putting a general transition,

.star-bg {
  transition: fill 1s;
}