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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Use ID Selectors

Onur ARSLAN
Onur ARSLAN
5,130 Points
Posted by Onur ARSLAN
Onur ARSLAN
5,130 Points

<div>

do i need <div> only to group my code? In this example <div id="wrapper"> contains section and footer.

If i dont want to use <div>, can i style my code with using section and footer? Like;

Instead of,

wrapper {

} Can i use? ;

section { } footer { }

Thank you.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

How you group your code for styling purposes is a matter of choice. While there are some conventions that might help keep things easy to manage, you can pick elements to style as you see fit.

But while learning it might help to stick closely to the examples given until you get an understanding of why some choices might be better than others.

breckconley
breckconley
1,470 Points
breckconley
breckconley
1,470 Points

You can do this

section, footer { (whatever you want to use.); }