Title: Selector selection
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Selector selection

 *  Resolved [trevord333](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trevord333/)
 * (@trevord333)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selector-selection/)
 * Hi,
 * Struggling to find the correct selectors for [http://panhandlebutterflyhouse.org](http://panhandlebutterflyhouse.org).
   I’m trying to equalize the main content area and the sidebar. It looks to me 
   like I should be using **#primary, #secondary** for my selector as there are 
   divs for these:
    _<div id=”primary” class=”content-area”>_ and _<div id=”secondary”
   class=”widget-area” role=”complementary”>_ but it’s not working. I’ve read through
   the support forum and it sounds like everyone really likes the plugin so I’d 
   love it if I could get it to work. Thanks for any guidance!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/equal-height-columns/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/equal-height-columns/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mickey Kay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcguive7/)
 * (@mcguive7)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selector-selection/#post-7266494)
 * Looks like the issue is that the elements you are equalizing aren’t the elements
   that have the actual white background and border associated with them. The plugin
   is working as expected, but I think the selectors you want on this specific page
   are: `#primary .hentry, #secondary`
 * That said, you’re going to face a challenge if the main content area is ever 
   taller than the sidebar, since the individual sidebar widgets are styled with
   the background/border, not the full sidebar itself. You might want to consider
   rewriting your CSS to apply those style directly to the #primary and #secondary
   divs.

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 * Last reply from: [Mickey Kay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcguive7/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selector-selection/#post-7266494)
 * Status: resolved