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CSS The Selectors Solution

Magdalena Misiuna
Magdalena Misiuna
14,873 Points

I can not find a solution to make every 2nd letter in the heading a different color. Could you help?

I know I saw this in one of the CSS SElector tutorial, but can not find it :(

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,946 Points

Only the first letter has a pseudo-class (:first-letter), so to style others you'll need to enclose them in an element like "span". For example:

<h1>S<span class="L2">a</span>mple heading</h1>
.L2 { color: red; }
Magdalena Misiuna
Magdalena Misiuna
14,873 Points

I was hoping there is a way to avoid placing <span> on every second letter. Thank you so much for your help!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,946 Points

There isn't currently. But there is a proposal for future CSS versions to have a ":nth-letter" pseudo-class that would do the trick!

Happy coding!

Magdalena Misiuna
Magdalena Misiuna
14,873 Points

:nth-letter, it would be a perfect solution! Thank you again.