freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Use an id Attribute to Style an Element

Use an id Attribute to Style an Element


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Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide)
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lobster" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style>
  .red-text {
    color: red;
  }

  h2 {
    font-family: Lobster, monospace;
  }

  p {
    font-size: 16px;
    font-family: monospace;
  }

  .thick-green-border {
    border-color: green;
    border-width: 10px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-radius: 50%;
  }

  .smaller-image {
    width: 100px;
  }

  .silver-background {
    background-color: silver;
  }

  #cat-photo-form {
    background-color: green;
  }
</style>

<h2 class="red-text">CatPhotoApp</h2>
<main>
  <p class="red-text">Click here to view more <a href="#">cat photos</a>.</p>
  
  <a href="#"><img class="smaller-image thick-green-border" src="https://bit.ly/fcc-relaxing-cat" alt="A cute orange cat lying on its back."></a>
  
  <div class="silver-background">
    <p>Things cats love:</p>
    <ul>
      <li>cat nip</li>
      <li>laser pointers</li>
      <li>lasagna</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Top 3 things cats hate:</p>
    <ol>
      <li>flea treatment</li>
      <li>thunder</li>
      <li>other cats</li>
    </ol>
  </div>
  
  <form action="/submit-cat-photo" id="cat-photo-form">
    <label><input type="radio" name="indoor-outdoor" checked> Indoor</label>
    <label><input type="radio" name="indoor-outdoor"> Outdoor</label><br>
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality" checked> Loving</label>
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Lazy</label>
    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Energetic</label><br>
    <input type="text" placeholder="cat photo URL" required>
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
  </form>
</main>
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I need help please! Can’t seem to figure this out. there’s no help at all. Thanks much!

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#cat-photo-form { background-color:green; }

and in form input the id

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Thanks Assad. Finally. Just spent 6 hours on this, doh!

I feel like I’ve tried everything and can’t get pass this. Help?

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@spongebob77737
it says btw ur style element execute
#cat-photo-form
{
background-color: green;
}

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Can some one give us the solution

i did it weeeeeeeeeeey

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unsure if #cat-photo-element {background-color: green;} should be in or not.

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CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS THAT IM MISSING WITH THE CODE? THANK YOU

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IT’s always the highlighted part, check your spacing
} #cat-photo-form {background-color: green}
I left the previous bracket on there for reference

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how do you input the id in the form element…cant seem to get around this.someone help pls

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#cat-photo-form {
background-color: green;
}

#cat-photo-form
{
background-color: green
}
this should be use in style
and id must use in form

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when you say input the id in the form, how does that look? I have it the style element but can’t seem to get it right in the form to trigger the green background
Thanks

Hope this will help

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reset it a ft a few times but didn’t notice that I left out the # in the style element TY

it should work at this way. typing in the style section as form {background-color:green;}
hope will help

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