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robertgrieggran
1,576 Pointsfull stop or colon in CSS .selected vs :hover
Very simple question! Why does the .selected psuedo-class use a full stop whereas the :visited and :hover selectors use colons? thanks very much, rob
3 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 PointsA class is selected with a .
http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/classselector
A pseudo-class begins with a :
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherIn this video, .selected isn's a pseudo-class, it's a regular class selector that's been applied to one of the links on the index.html page.
But, there is a ::selection pseudo-element (thanks James Barnett) that applies when content on a page is selected by a user: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-elements
James Barnett
39,199 Points:selected isn't listed on the mdn page you linked.
However there is a pseudo-element ::selection
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-elements
robertgrieggran
1,576 Pointsgot it thanks vm