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CSS CSS Transitions and Transforms Getting Started with CSS Transitions Transitioning Specific Properties with transition-property

Audra Ogilvy
Audra Ogilvy
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Posted by Audra Ogilvy
Audra Ogilvy
3,142 Points

Rule Definition

In a previous Treehouse tutorial, an instructor said that a rule was one block, like all the values and properties that were within one set of curly braces. Here Guil uses the term "CSS rule" to describe the block of three "rules". I've googled this and am still seeing that a rule should have just one set of curly braces. Is Guil using the term "rule" to apply to all three rules just because there isn't a better word for the block of three? I was trying to explain this transitions thing to someone else, and got caught up on the nomenclature. How do you explain why all the properties in .button:hover apply to the transition-duration property in .button? Is it because they are all part of the CLASS ".button"? or what makes all three of these rules ONE rule?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

I believe the word "rule" is used to speak generically, not to refer specifically to any one (or all 3) of the rules in the example. The example shows 3 different (but related) rules.

And when the mouse is over the button, the properties in the ".button:hover" rule override those of the same name in the ".button" rule, but the transition-duration remains in effect since it is not one of those overridden.