HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
chapter
three
Mastering the Power of CSS Selectors
IN THIS CHAPTER,
you will learn to master the power of CSS selectors, which allow you to select any HTML ele-
ment to be styled. Selectors have a very friendly learning curve and are easy to start with but can become more ad-
vanced as and when you are ready.
Writing Your First Styles
CSS is a collection of
rule sets
(also called
rules
), which consist of a selector and a declaration.
A
selector
is used to select the element you want to apply styles to, and a
declaration
is the combination of a property
and a value for that element, as shown in Figure 3-1. You learn about property values in the next chapter and proper-
ties from Chapter 5 onward.
Figure 3-1
A rule set that changes the background color of the <body> element, written in Espresso text editor.
You end a declaration with a semicolon; this way, you are able to add multiple declarations within the same rule set.
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Go ahead and add the style shown in Figure 3-1 to the page.
