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CSS

Luis Rosas
Luis Rosas
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Posted by Luis Rosas
Luis Rosas
1,676 Points

What does # mean?

In example #wrapper {}

2 Answers

stjarnan
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stjarnan
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stjarnan
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Hi Luis!

'#' means ID, so if you have a div in your html with an id of wrapper, you can style it in your css by writing #wrapper.

Example: 

<div id="myId">
</div>

Can be selected like this: 

#myId {}

I hope that helps!

Jonas

Evgeniia Mas
Evgeniia Mas
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Evgeniia Mas
Evgeniia Mas
4,452 Points

is used in css to style elements with id from your HTML as . (Dot) Is used for styling elements with classes. It us also used in jquery to select elements with id and operate with them.