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    can you use the :target to disable or hide a specific paragraph.

    Posted July 18, 2018 11:19am by Carel Du Plessis
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  • Lee Cockcroft
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    css first-child

    Posted February 3, 2017 8:20am by Lee Cockcroft
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  • Rick Rana
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    Why is there a colon before 'first-child' inside the pseudo class :not()?

    Posted November 4, 2016 4:30am by Rick Rana
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  • Rifqi Fahmi
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    are this posible if we set the margin besides using :not() property

    Posted September 29, 2015 5:39pm by Rifqi Fahmi
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  • shaleeneejadoopat
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    Why use parenthesis and square brackets at the same time?

    Posted August 11, 2015 6:19pm by shaleeneejadoopat
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  • Jason S
    Jason S
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    When is this useful?

    Posted July 31, 2015 5:19pm by Jason S
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  • Brigette Eckert
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    input:not([type="submit"]) rendering invalid property value in chrome console?

    Posted July 10, 2015 3:38am by Brigette Eckert
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  • Sean Flanagan
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    Why does Column C get forced under Column A?

    Posted May 27, 2015 10:38pm by Sean Flanagan
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  • derekverrilli
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    Correction on :not() - The Negation Psuedo Class

    Posted February 12, 2015 5:39pm by derekverrilli
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  • Jeffrey Watters
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    square brackets in :not([some element])

    Posted February 10, 2015 6:33pm by Jeffrey Watters
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