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

Charles Ng
Charles Ng
4,444 Points
Posted by Charles Ng
Charles Ng
4,444 Points

I thought only the "Portfolio" would turn dark green when hover. Why is it turned dark green already?

nav a.selected , nav a:hover { color: #32673f; } It is working as per your video showing. I just want to understand more. I thought only the "Portfolio" would turn dark green when hover. Why is it turned green permanently? "About" and "Contact" would turn green when the mouse hover over the text, as per your video.

I tried: nav a, nav a:hover { color: #32673f; }

Deleted the class "selected". "Portfolio" became white and turned green when hovered over. "About" and "Contact" turned green permanently.

Any explanation would be appreciated, thanks.

1 Answer

Cody Garrett
Cody Garrett
2,103 Points
Cody Garrett
Cody Garrett
2,103 Points

The class "selected" sets the text of that class to dark green, so it will allow the user to easily know what page they are on. It is meant to make that dark green. That is why when you deleted it, it no longer was this way.

As for the reason on the other two turning dark green permanently after you removed that class, I can't say without seeing your code.