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CSS

why removing the text decoration from nav bar is nav a but not nav ul li a or simply nav

why removing the text decoration from nav bar is nav a but not nav ul li a or simply nav

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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The text-decoration property only applies to the links ("a" elements) so the final target of the selector must be "a".

Selecting "nav ul li a" would also work, but it's unnecessarily specific. Just "nav a" by itself is literally "all links in the nav element".