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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Classes in CSS

Posted by nvcxnvkldsjaklfds
nvcxnvkldsjaklfds
Courses Plus Student 5,041 Points

Use classes in CSS

<ul>
                    <!--anchor element is a child to list element here.-->
                    <li><a href="index.html" class="select">Projects</a></li>
                    <a href="about.html" class="select"><li>About</li></a>
                    <li><a href="contact.html" class="select">Contact</a></li>
 <ul>

nav a.select, nav a:hover{
    color: #32673f;
}

I do not understand this bit. Can anyone here explain me please?

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

Karthikeyan P

2 Answers

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

You are totally right, try to apply another color such as #FFF as exemple, when mouse is hovering anchors. Then in this case the color will switch to #32673f to #FFF. You got it ! :)

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

You apply the color #32673f to all anchors nested inside nav tags where there is the "select" class applied then you have a comma and another selector, that simply means you'll apply the same rule to the other selector, which is here nav a:hover.

In this case, when your mouse is hovering all anchors nested inside nav tags.

        nav a.select, nav a:hover{
            color: #32673f;
        }

        /*It's the same as, this, but we should avoid to repeat*/

        nav a.select{
           color: #32673f;
        }

       nav a:hover{
           color: #32673f;
       }
nvcxnvkldsjaklfds
nvcxnvkldsjaklfds
Courses Plus Student 5,041 Points

In HTML, I have added classes to all anchor elements inside nav element with class name "select".

In CSS, I applied color property and value to #32673f to "select" class name and hover state on anchor element inside nav.

Simply there will no change right in this case. right?