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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Display Modes Column Layout with Inline-Block

Scott Moore
Scott Moore
4,050 Points

question about the class

Hey all, this video got me a little confused. In the video he used <div class="primary-content col">.

The question revolves around the class. Why 2 class into one? He used .col for a few things then used primary-content for a few others.

Why not just use one class name to achieve the same objective. Would this fall into the DRY method talked about in other videos? Or am I missing something?

Really confused as to why he is using 2 different selectors in one grouping.

Thanks for the replies

2 Answers

Hi Scott,

I think part of your post is missing in the beginning.

The two columns had some styles that were shared and some other styles that were unique to each column.

So by giving both columns a class of "col" you can use that one to style what is common to both. Then use "primary-content" to style what is unique about the primary column and use "secondary-content" to style what is unique about the secondary column. With a single class name for each there would be some repetition.

Does that answer your question?

Scott Moore
Scott Moore
4,050 Points

Got it Thanks Jason, after some thought and rewatching that's what I concluded. it just wasn't sitting right at first, thanks again!!!

You're welcome.