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CSS

Posted by vestan
vestan
1,908 Points

#nav ul vs. nav ul

Hello - I'm loving this course and I have a question on this video:

At around the 4:00 mark, instead of:

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding: 0;
}

could we add an id to the nav ul html and do this:

#nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding: 0;
}

Or is it not possible because that attribute cannot be repeated on a single page?

Thank you!

3 Answers

Robert Manolis
STAFF
Robert Manolis
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Robert Manolis
Robert Manolis
Treehouse Guest Teacher

a rule applied to the id or "#" will override a rule applied to the element itself or "nav" because of specificity... I think... I'm still pretty new to all this. But as I understand it, any rule applied to the "nav ul" will also be applied to any "nav ul" on any page connected to that particular css, but a rule applied to the more specific id or "#" will only apply to the particular element bearing that particular id.

Hope that helps.

Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points

But a inline style is only overwritten by !important.

Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points
Philip G
Philip G
14,600 Points

Yes it's the same...

vestan
vestan
1,908 Points
vestan
vestan
1,908 Points

Thank you very much, Gentlemen, for your replies.

That explanation makes it clearer for me, Robert, thank you!

Robert Manolis
Robert Manolis
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Robert Manolis
Robert Manolis
Treehouse Guest Teacher

My pleasure. Just glad I could help. :)