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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Getting Started with CSS Inline and Internal Styles

Posted by Hae Choi
Hae Choi
Courses Plus Student 1,506 Points

Is the space after the colon in "background-color: orange" recommended for best practice? It still works without space.

For inline styling.

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Hae,

For the most part, whitespace in CSS / HTML does not matter. So, yes, either will work just fine. As Thomas Hooper stated, it is mostly for readability, but it is also the more common practice.

:) :dizzy:

Mod Note: Moved Thomas' response from Comments to Answers

Thomas Hooper
Thomas Hooper
15,557 Points
Thomas Hooper
Thomas Hooper
15,557 Points

I'd say it is for readability reasons.