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Grouping Selectors
In style sheets there are often elements with the same style.
h1
{
color:green;
}
h2
{
color:green;
}
p
{
color:green;
}
{
color:green;
}
h2
{
color:green;
}
p
{
color:green;
}
To minimize the code, you can group selectors.
Separate each selector with a comma.
In the example below we have grouped the selectors from the code above:
Nesting Selectors
It is possible to apply a style for a selector within a selector.
In the example below, one style is specified for all p elements, one style is specified for all elements with class="marked", and a third style is specified only for p elements within elements with class="marked":
Example
p
{
color:blue;
text-align:center;
}
.marked
{
background-color:red;
}
.marked p
{
color:white;
}
{
color:blue;
text-align:center;
}
.marked
{
background-color:red;
}
.marked p
{
color:white;
}
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