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Fadi Yabroudi
Courses Plus Student 2,517 PointsWhy not #gallery p {} ?
gallery p{
}
and
gallery li a p {
}
both rules select the <p> element within the 'gallery' id, so why not just use the first rule
gallery p {
}
?
Fadi Yabroudi
Courses Plus Student 2,517 PointsSelvakumar Soundararajan Excuse my syntax error, I meant to write:
#gallery p {
}
and exactly as you said if we use
#gallery p {
}
it will select the <p> tag inside the id "gallery", so why use
#gallery li a p {
}
as the video suggests when both rules select the same <p> element ?
2 Answers
Sana Hatoum
306 PointsWe use more tags to be more specific and to write a future proof code.
gallery li a p --> Would only target the paragraphs inside anchors ....
gallery p --> would target all paragraphs that are under #gallery
While the second works fine, it might be problematic when you have to add a different style to paragraphs under gallery specifically as you'll have to rewrite both selectors.
Selvakumar Soundararajan
11,541 PointsSelvakumar Soundararajan
11,541 PointsIf we use #gallery p {}, it will select the <p> tag inside the id "gallery".
If we use galley p {}, it will select the <p> tag wherever the tag <gallery> .