Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Styling the Intro Paragraph

Posted by Marc-André Beaulieu
Marc-André Beaulieu
Courses Plus Student 3,634 Points

Nested element

The exercice asked to target the span element nested to the intro class. So, I thought, I understood this selector, but it seem to not work.

So, I used : p span {} or p.span{}. What I have wrong ?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1>Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>
    <div class="primary-content t-border">
      <p class="intro">
        Lake Tahoe is one of the most <span>breathtaking attractions</span> located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
      </p>
      <a href="#more">Find out more</a>
    </div>
    <footer class="main-footer">
      <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
      <a href="#top">Back to top &raquo;</a>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.intro {
  font-size : 1.25em;
  line-height: 1.6; 
}

p.span {
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
}

3 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi Marc,

What you want to do is target an element that's a descendant of another. In CSS the descendant selector is simply an empty space, so it would look like this

.intro span {}

Because you're looking for a class of .intro which just happens to be a paragraph element and then any span element inside it.

Hope this helps :)

Marc-André Beaulieu
PLUS
Marc-André Beaulieu
Courses Plus Student 3,634 Points
Marc-André Beaulieu
Marc-André Beaulieu
Courses Plus Student 3,634 Points

kk! You're right. It's really appreciate. Thank you for your quick answer. I hope it wasnt to hard to understand me. My english isn't quite perfect. :P

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

It's absolutely fine don't worry. :) I'm very glad I helped!

Marc-André Beaulieu
PLUS
Marc-André Beaulieu
Courses Plus Student 3,634 Points
Marc-André Beaulieu
Marc-André Beaulieu
Courses Plus Student 3,634 Points

It is really the first I saw that people on forum are really quick. I can say that it's the added value of this platform and a good way to keep going to learn coding. Thanks Jonathan.