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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Type Selectors

melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points
Posted by melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points

linking css

wanted to know how come the css will only link the html doctype if i put in the following code

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">

but in the video they only have <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">

without the type="text/css" and it works in the video? what is the significance of type="text/css"?

1 Answer

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points
Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Melissa,

I don't believe it's required for HTML5 and found this which pretty much asks the same question so it may help to confirm :)

-Rich