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CSS

Hi! I am wondering, and maybe this is a simple question, how and/or why are CSS comments displayed in italics?

I noticed in one of the 'workspaces' I was following along in the CSS comments were showing up italics. I like this emphasis and would like to carry it over, if possible, in my own coding. Is it just a feature of 'Workspaces' or will most or any text editors be able to do this? I am currently using Sublime and, alas, my comments are not italics...(sigh)

2 Answers

Just a feature of treehouse workspaces. The actual italics dont do anything but help you differentiate between comments and actual code.

I'm not familiar with Sublime Text, but some text editors like Notepad++ will error-validate CSS as you go, and give you different colors for comments/closed brackets etc.

Sublime offers some error validation, auto-completion, different colors for differing pieces of code. It doesn't do the italics though.

I don't know why but I like it. I realize it doesn't affect anything but the aesthetic value. Still, I like it. Thanks, for the prompt & concise answer. Have an upvote and the best answer marker!

You might want to read this over as well. It might be possible to change it in Sublime Text

https://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=54999

Or maybe this?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16593796/use-different-font-for-different-elements-in-sublime-text-2

Cool, will do. Some good research friend.