Ways to target elements in CSS

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AdiPie
23rd Dec 2020
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Ways to target elements in CSS

CSS plays a vital role in creating a design of the webpage. If you add a style in a certain element or tag on the webpage, for that you need to understand how to particularize those elements. There are three main approaches to achieve:

  • With the help of tag, e.g. target the body or p or div
  • With the help of the class, you have specified in your HTML. Let suppose, if we have div with class .container, so you can target it with container class.
  • With the help of ID, you have specified in your HTML. Let suppose, if we have a link with the ID form-button you can target it with #form-button

/* tag */

body { ... }

/* class */

.container { ... }

/* id */

#form-button { ... }