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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Building a Layout with Flexbox Creating a Two Column Layout with Flexbox

Posted by Emil Lau
Emil Lau
6,233 Points

Why ."col can control the class of "primary col" and "secondary col" while not specifying the name?

As shown in the video, in the CSS stylesheet

    flex: 1;
  }```
controls both "primary col" and "secondary col"

Why is that?

Thanks a lot!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
221,106 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
221,106 Points

The rule you are referring to has a selector of ".col", which matches anything that has the class of "col".

And both of these elements include "col" as one of their classes.

Emil Lau
Emil Lau
6,233 Points

Oh I see, thanks for the prompt reply!