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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Selectors ID Selectors

Chantal Baxter
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Chantal Baxter
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Chantal Baxter
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,858 Points

What's the difference between #main-footer and .main-footer in CSS?

In project 1, I used .main-footer or .anything. I didn't use the pound sign at all. What's the difference?

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Ashish Mehra
Ashish Mehra
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Ashish Mehra
Ashish Mehra
2,408 Points

. is a representation of class and # for id.

If you have 2-3 element with common styles the choice should be class selector in that case but if you have only one element with different than id will be best option

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