CSS : Calculating Specificity With The Calculator
Specificity Calculator Link
https://specificity.keegan.st/
--> This Calculator has no inline specificity, but this is useful tool commonly.
Specificity Hierarchy
Inline styles > IDs > Classes, attributes, and pseudo-classes
\>Elements and pseudo-elements
Summary
Inline Styles > ID > CLASS > ELEMENT (from highest to lowest specificity)
More specific selectors win.
When specificity is tied, the last declared selector in the file wins.
CSS : Cascading Style Sheet - Example
IDs
IDs are unique identifiers for elements.
Each ID should be used only once within a document.
Syntax: #idName
#header {
background-color: blue;
}
Classes, Attributes, and Pseudo-classes
Classes can be used multiple times on different elements.
Syntax:
.className
cssCopy code.button {
color: red;
}
Attributes target elements based on attribute values.
Syntax:
[attribute="value"]
cssCopy codeinput[type="text"] {
border: 1px solid black;
}
Pseudo-classes select elements based on their state.
Syntax:
:pseudo-class
cssCopy codea:hover {
color: green;
}
Elements and Pseudo-elements
Elements refer to HTML tags.
Syntax:
element
p {
font-size: 16px;
}
Pseudo-elements style specific parts of an element.
Syntax:
::pseudo-element
p::first-line (apply first line in the paragraph)
p::first-line {
font-weight: bold;
}
These components allow for targeted and dynamic styling in CSS.
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Specificity Calculator Question
Question 1:
Given the following HTML markup:
<ul>
<li class="nav-link">Home !!!!!</li>
</ul>
And these CSS styles:
li {
color:orange;
}
.nav-link {
color: red;
}
ul li {
color: green;
}
What color will the<li> element
be? --> red
Question 2:
Given this html markup:
<p>
<button id="submit" class="btn">Submit!!!</button>
</p>
And these CSS styles:
#submit {
color: black;
}
.btn {
color: orange;
}
p button.btn {
color: purple;
}
What color willthe button
end up? ---> black
Question 3:
Given the following HTML:
<section class="about">
<h2 class="heading">Welcome To My Page!!!</h2>
</section>
And these styles:
What color will the 'h2 heading' end up? -> green.
.about .heading {
color: orange;
}
.about h2.heading {
color: red;
}
section.about .heading {
color: green;
}
(When they are tied, green "wins" because it comes last in the file.)
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