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CSS

Posted by slim shady
slim shady
Courses Plus Student 314 Points

what if i write like this:

what if i write like this:

header > span {
   color: white;
   font-size: 26px;        
}
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points

What is this in reference to?

I also updated your question to include proper syntax formatting.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

That code would target every span that is a direct child of the header element. It would set the text in the span to a size of 26 pixels and color it white, which might make it invisible unless some other code is also used that colors the header itself or some other containing element.