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CSS

Posted by nick beck
nick beck
3,625 Points

in css, Why does only one of the navigation links get the class selection?

how does the page know to highlight the other tabs in the that color? for example.

<li><a href="index.html" class="selected">portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">about</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">contact</a></li>

the about, and contact sections don't have classes yet they highlight green.

1 Answer

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hi Nick,

This is to highlight the 'selected' page. A common practice is to style all navigation items to a particular style, and then use a 'selected' class to highlight the current page.

Your style would be something like:

  /* All navigation elements get these styles (incl. selected one) */
  nav a, nav a:visited {
      padding:15px 10px;
      font-weight:700;
      color:#FFF;
  }
  /* This is to highlight the current page */
  nav a.selected {
      color:#FC0;
  }