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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Color in CSS

Posted by Ismail Malik
Ismail Malik
10,131 Points

Why select the <a> tags twice, one for text-decoration and other for color? Can't we use one rule for both properties?

Can't we merge these two rules into one?

a { text-decoration: none; }

and

a { color: #6ab47b; }

1 Answer

Rodrigo Novaes
Rodrigo Novaes
9,629 Points
Rodrigo Novaes
Rodrigo Novaes
9,629 Points

Yes, you could simply do this:

a { 
text-decoration: none; 
color: #6ab47b;
}
Ismail Malik
Ismail Malik
10,131 Points

Thank you!