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7,665 Pointscreate a descendant selector for the span
Nothing I do seems to work. I've tried
header span { header-span { span { Not sure what I'm doing wrong
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
span {
font-size: 26px;
}
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Sean Poore
5,365 PointsIf you're having issues with the descendant selectors the best option [for you] may be adding a class to the target element then styling that specific class.
ZACH HETRICK
10,440 PointsZACH HETRICK
10,440 PointsA descendent selector targeting all
span
elements insideheader
elements is written with the parent element first followed by the child element. For example,This will target all
div
elements that are nested inside ofheader
elements.