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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Adding a Style to several Elements using Class

Posted by wazir sikandar
wazir sikandar
381 Points

In the CSS file, use the class to give both <a> tags 15px of padding and 10px of margin.

In the CSS file, use the class to give both <a> tags 15px of padding and 10px of margin.

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>List Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <a href="#" class="social-links">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
    <a href="#" class="social-links">Send me an Email!</a>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.social-links{

}

.social-links a{
 padding:15px;
  margin:10px; 

}

1 Answer

Christian Frick
Christian Frick
14,586 Points
Christian Frick
Christian Frick
14,586 Points

The <a> tags have the same class name (social-links) so there is no need to specify the class selector .social-links with the <a>. You can just use the class selector above (.social-links) and it will give both <a> tags the padding and margin.

.social-links {
 padding: 15px;
 margin: 10px; 
}