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Tyrone Roberts
1,182 PointsWhy does class="tag name"... in CSS shows .tag but instead of .name?
.tag {
background-color: #efefef;
color: purple;
padding: 10px;
border-radius: 5px;
display: table;
margin: 10px auto;
}
.location {
background-color: #222;
color: white;
}
class="tag location" shows as .location in CSS. Did I miss something? I'm a bit confused.
2 Answers
Cheri Young
442 Pointsclass="tag location" is actually showing you 2 different classes. The space in the middle tells us the element has 2 separate classes. The first class is called "tag" and the second class is called "location" An html element can have more than one class. When a class is being styled in CSS it is identified by the name of the class with a period in front of it. ex: class="tag" shows is CSS as .tag { background-color: #efefef; color: purple; padding: 10px; border-radius: 5px; display: table; margin: 10px auto; }
ex: class="location" shows in CSS as .location { background-color: #222; color: white; }
In your main question, .name is not showing in CSS because that particular tag does not have any styling added yet.
Hope this helps! :)
Tyrone Roberts
1,182 PointsFixed my issue. Correct Syntax would be class="tag-location" which would be .tag-location in CSS.
Thanks for your help!
Tyrone Roberts
1,182 PointsTyrone Roberts
1,182 PointsThanks for the response Cheri!
I get what you are saying but if change the color of .tag in CSS it changes the color of class="Tag name" once it is published. My class for .location shows in html as class="tag location" and .location in css as it should.
HTML <header> <img src="images/Testimg1.jpg" alt="Picture of Tyrone & Rachel" class="profile-image"> <h1 class="tag name">Tyrone Roberts</h1> <h2 class="tag location">My home is New York, NY</h2> </header>
CSS .tag { background-color: #efefef; color: orange; padding: 10px; border-radius: 5px; display: table; margin: 10px auto; } .location { background-color: #222; color: white; }