A developer wants to apply a blue border to the following input element:
HTML
<input type="text" id="name">
CSS
.name {
border: 2px solid blue;
}
However, the border is not displayed. What is the most likely reason?

Question

A developer wants to apply a blue border to the following input element: 
 HTML 
 <input type="text" id="name"> 
 CSS 
 .name { 
    border: 2px solid blue; 
 } 
 However, the border is not displayed. What is the most likely reason?

Answer

The selector targets a class ( .name ) but the element uses an id, so it should be  #name .

Answer

The CSS rule contains a syntax error.

Answer

<input>  elements cannot be given a border.

Answer

A semicolon is missing.

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