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CSS CSS Selectors Selectors - Beyond the Basics Attribute Selectors

Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
5,470 Points
Posted by Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
5,470 Points

Class selector targeting labels?

Hi Guil,

Why is the class attribute selector in the form also targeting the labels in the form? for e.g. Name, Email, Message..etc. I can see them change their font-color to Red after we style the form elements with [class] attribute selector.

Regards,

-Shadab.

1 Answer

Jonathan Newman
Jonathan Newman
5,219 Points

Because by typing [class] {color: red;}

we are choosing everything with a class. This includes everything in the <form> element in your HTML: h1 (Contact), <label> Name:, <label> Email:, etc

Look at line 12 in your html file. It clearly shows that <form class="form-contact">. By choosing everything with a class, it chooses everything in this form.