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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Selectors Descendant Selectors

Victor Gordian
Victor Gordian
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Posted by Victor Gordian
Victor Gordian
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Can you id and class anything?

So whatever is nested inside the header or body, i can id or class it? or are there some sort of rule that only lets select some things inside the body or header

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Sebastian Mercado
Sebastian Mercado
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Sebastian Mercado
Sebastian Mercado
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Yes, you can apply a class or id to any element within the body. You can also apply a class or id to the header since the header is inside the body element. A specific id can only be used once, where as a class can be used through out the website. Classes should be used more often than id's. Hope this helps.

Andrew Hansen
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Andrew Hansen
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Andrew Hansen
Andrew Hansen
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Also worth noting:

ids have a lower specificity than classes. So if you have a class and an id on an element, the id CSS will override any class CSS

Nicolás Carrasco-Stevenson
Nicolás Carrasco-Stevenson
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Nicolás Carrasco-Stevenson
Nicolás Carrasco-Stevenson
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You mean id selector have HIGHER specificity than class selectors. More specific rules will always override less specific rules