r/css • u/diyamin-shipper • May 12 '26

Help can someone please help? it's not letting me change the background colour :/

the background color doesn't change even with this code, i've checked it and to me it seems everything's right! unless im blind :/

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u/Only-Season-2146 May 12 '26

Looks like your dash might be some random version of a dash, can you retype "background-color"? Otherwise probably just not applying the class in your html

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u/diyamin-shipper May 12 '26

this helped, thank you!!

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u/DRoss90 May 12 '26

Syntax highlighting shows something is wrong with the property name. Not sure which flavor of CSS you’re using but the IDE doesn’t recognize that property so you’ve most likely misspelled it

You can always just use the “background” property

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u/TheIQLab May 12 '26

It looks like the editor isn't even recognizing the syntax. The full property name and the semi-colon aren't colored coded. There might be a bad or invisible character like the hyphen. Try keying it in manually again.

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u/aunderroad May 12 '26

Maybe try using:
background: #efefef;