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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Positioning Schemes Absolute Positioning

Posted by Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
4,119 Points

Absolute positioning question about mark-up

I'm not understanding how a .col class can be targeted in css when there is no mark up for it in the html doc. This is on the Absolute Positioning module in CSS Layout Techniques.

5 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Here are a couple resources for further explanation.

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points
Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Hi Rene,

I believe there are three divs with the class col.

Jeff

<div class="extra-content col">

<div class="primary-content col">

<div class="secondary-content col">
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

It is actually but with assigning multiple classes maybe it wasn't as noticeable.

.col Class Treehouse CSS

Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
4,119 Points
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
4,119 Points

Thanks guys, I think I follow you. I was being a bit literal in the sense that I was looking for the full name of class: So am I right in assuming that "col" is a short-hand way of referring to a group? It makes sense. Instead of entering: .extra-content col, .primary-content col, .secondary-content col { something: something; } You just use col as short-hand for all three?

BTW Both answers did a good job of explaining.

Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
4,119 Points
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
4,119 Points

Multiple classes. Got it. Thanks for the link.