CSS Selectors

CSS selectors are an essential part of styling web pages. They allow us to associate declarations with specific HTML elements. In this blog, we will discuss the basics of selectors, how to combine and group them, and explore some advanced selectors as well. Basic Selectors A selector, such as p, targets all elements with the corresponding HTML tag. For example, to display words in a p element using the yellow color, we can write the CSS rule:...

In web development, CSS specificity plays a crucial role when multiple rules target the same element with different selectors affecting the same property. So, how do you determine which rule takes precedence over the others? The answer lies in the concept of specificity. Let’s consider an example to understand this better: <p class="dog-name">Roger</p> We have two rules that target this <p> element: .dog-name { color: yellow; } p { color: red; } In addition, we have another rule that targets p....