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Posted by ROBERT BUTLER
ROBERT BUTLER
2,010 Points

Next, target the unordered list that is a descendant of the main-content class. Add a background-color property and set

Next, target the unordered list that is a descendant of the main-content class. Add a background-color property and set the value to papayawhip.

2 Answers

ROBERT BUTLER
ROBERT BUTLER
2,010 Points
ROBERT BUTLER
ROBERT BUTLER
2,010 Points

.main-content p { background-color: papayawhip; }

Bert Witzel
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Bert Witzel
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 27,918 Points

you are targeting the p of .main-content when it's the ul you want to target:

.main-content ul { 
   background-color: papayawhip;
 }
ROBERT BUTLER
ROBERT BUTLER
2,010 Points
ROBERT BUTLER
ROBERT BUTLER
2,010 Points

Thank you Bert,

I see that I misunderstood one little thing and it can cause a code not to function correctly.