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CSS

Space CSS

What's difference betwen "nav a .selected" and "nav a.selected"?

So with/without space betwen a and class (.selected)? THank you

2 Answers

nav a .seclected

Will select first find a nav element then all the anchor (a) elements inside it and then look for any classes of .selected inside these anchors. Whereas

nav a.selected

Will first find a nav element then select only the anchor with a class of .selected. Will make a codepen now and post a demo shortly :)

Thank you very much... it is very useful.