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CSS

Steven Barrett
Steven Barrett
1,382 Points
Posted by Steven Barrett
Steven Barrett
1,382 Points

Why not place the targeted element inside the brackets?

For example why would this video use something like

header p { color: yellow; }

Rather than

header {

p { color: yellow; }

}

Surely the latter does the same thing? And allows for multiple elements to be targeted without keep declaring header everytime?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You can't nest rules in ordinary CSS, it is a syntax error and causes the entire rule to be ignored. It could certainly be handy, and is in fact implemented in popular pre-processors (like SCSS and Sass).

But for normal CSS, both tags are necessary to create a descendant selector.