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CSS How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets What is CSS?

Posted by Khalil Muhsin
Khalil Muhsin
451 Points

CSS-Confusion

In the presentation "What is CSS" the following declaration is utilized: Footer { color: green; } This only changed the text in the footer to green. Why is this declaration restricted to the 'text'?

3 Answers

Dominik Sikiric
Dominik Sikiric
2,059 Points
Dominik Sikiric
Dominik Sikiric
2,059 Points

Hi Khalil yes, color is directed to text, and background-color is directed to change of background color of that "element" in this case footer. You will get used to this after a while, don't worry :)

Khalil Muhsin
Khalil Muhsin
451 Points

Thanks..smh...its clear now...lol

Gordon Reeder
Gordon Reeder
2,521 Points
Gordon Reeder
Gordon Reeder
2,521 Points

Well, clearly the style can't be directed to both the text and the background. If it was, the text wouldn't be visible. So most CSS styles are directed toward the text. backgrounds, borders, etc are controled with their own style declarations (IE border-color, background-color).

Khalil Muhsin
Khalil Muhsin
451 Points
Khalil Muhsin
Khalil Muhsin
451 Points

thanks..very helpful!