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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Selectors CSS Comments

Posted by Robert Glover
Robert Glover
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Why doesn't // (two slashes) comment out the text? Isn't that still valid CSS?

Why doesn't // (two slashes) comment out the text? Isn't that still valid CSS?

3 Answers

Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points
Manish Giri
Manish Giri
16,266 Points

// is a valid comment in JavaScript. For CSS, it's /* ... */

Nick Bollard
Nick Bollard
3,432 Points
Nick Bollard
Nick Bollard
3,432 Points

You can use // to comment out CSS. Most browsers support this. It works for Google Chrome for example, but is not part of the official CSS standard. I guess this is why it's not taught at Treehouse. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12298890/is-it-bad-practice-to-comment-out-single-lines-of-css-with

Muhammad Khan
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Muhammad Khan
Courses Plus Student 8,772 Points
Muhammad Khan
Muhammad Khan
Courses Plus Student 8,772 Points

Hi there, For CSS we use /* This Comment is for CSS */. // (two slashes) comment out the text is used for Programming languages like JavaScript, Java, C# etc.

Hope this helps!