Why Are My Social Icons Using the `nth-child` Selector All the Same?

Understanding the nth-child Selector

When trying to apply unique background images to different social icons using the nth-child selector, you may encounter issues where all icons appear the same. This article will delve into the underlying cause of this problem and provide a solution.

The nth-child selector is designed to select elements based on their position among their siblings, which are elements sharing the same parent element. However, in the HTML structure provided, each div.social-logo is the only child of its corresponding a element. This means that nth-child has only one element to count as a child, regardless of the number of divs within the #social-links container.

To resolve this issue, you can instead target the anchor elements that contain the social icons using nth-child. In this HTML structure, there are multiple anchor elements that are all siblings of each other. Therefore, you can use the nth-child selector to target specific anchor elements and apply unique background images accordingly.

Here's a corrected CSS code example:

<code class="css">#social-links a:nth-child(1) div {
  background-image: url(...);
}

#social-links a:nth-child(2) div {
  background-image: url(...);
}

#social-links a:nth-child(3) div {
  background-image: url(...);
}</code>

This revised approach ensures that each anchor element is targeted by the nth-child selector, allowing you to apply unique background images to each social icon effectively.

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