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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Selecting Elements with the Same Class Name

Posted by Jeremiah Marcos
Jeremiah Marcos
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when do i use class or id?

I'm confuse on class and id; when do i use id or class? like <button id="myButton">change headline color</button> can i use class here and <li class ="error-not-purple">oranges</li> can i use id here?

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Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,926 Points

Hey Jeremiah Marcos,

This article from CSS Tricks should clear your confusion between ID's and Classes:

https://css-tricks.com/the-difference-between-id-and-class/

Hope this helps!

Jeremiah Marcos
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Thank you