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Start your free trialCarl Michael Libo-on
355 PointsCSS class calling
***** HTML ****
<header>
<img src="images/me.png" alt="Drawing of Jane Smith" class="profile-image">
<h1 class="tag name">Hello, I'm Michael.</h1>
<p class="tag location">My home is Sagay, Negros Occidental.</p>
</header>
***** CSS *****
header .profile-image {
margin-top: 50px;
width: 150px;
height: 150px;
border-radius: 50%;
border: 3px solid white;
transition: all .5s;
}
header .profile-image:hover {
transform: scale(1.2) rotate(5deg);
}
.tag {
background-color: #e2e2e2;
color: black;
padding: 10px;
border-radius: 5px;
display: table;
margin: 10px auto;
}
In this example (.tag) class is under the header as well, but why is there no header in front when calling in CSS? The (.profile-image) is called with a header. What is the difference?
1 Answer
Rohald van Merode
Treehouse StaffGreat question Carl Michael Libo-on!
In this example it would work either way. Main purpose of adding the header
element to the selector is that you'll ensure that only .profile-image
elements that are nested inside the header
will get the styling applied to it. If you would have a different section on the page that also has a .profile-image
element this element won't have the same styles applied to it. If you however would remove the header
from your selector it will be applied to all the elements on the page with the profile-image
-class.
Hope this clears things up 🙂
Carl Michael Libo-on
355 PointsCarl Michael Libo-on
355 PointsNow it makes sense to me. Thanks :)