To do styling and formatting to HTML we use Selectors in CSS.
CSS selectors:-
Example:-
Result:-
It can also use to override the formatting style of TYPE Selector.
Class Selectors are defined by DOT [ . ].
Example:-
Result:-
It can also use to override the formatting style of TYPE Selector.
Example:-
Result:-
ID Selectors are defined by HASH [ # ].
The only difference between ID and Class selectors is we can define ID Selector once in whole HTML document as ID Selectors are unique in nature. But Class Selectors can use as many times on single HTML document we need.
CSS selectors:-
TYPE Selector/ Group Selectors
Type Selector are also called as GROUP Selector. It is easy to understand these selectors. Type selectors will select any HTML element on a page that matches the selector, regardless of their position in the document tree.Example:-
h6 {color: blue; font-size:1em; }
Result:-
Example Result
Class Selector
Class Selectors are most easy and widely use to give formatting to HTML tags. unlike TYPE selectors it work on every HTML tag.It can also use to override the formatting style of TYPE Selector.
Class Selectors are defined by DOT [ . ].
Example:-
.excerpt{ color:green }
h6{ color:red; }
h6{ color:red; }
Result:-
Example Result
ID selectors
ID selectors are similar to class selectors. They can be used to select any HTML element that has an ID attribute, regardless of their position in the document tree.It can also use to override the formatting style of TYPE Selector.
Example:-
#excerpt{ color:green }
h6{ color:red; }
h6{ color:red; }
Result:-
Example Result
The only difference between ID and Class selectors is we can define ID Selector once in whole HTML document as ID Selectors are unique in nature. But Class Selectors can use as many times on single HTML document we need.