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Yuri Lee
Yuri Lee
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Posted by Yuri Lee
Yuri Lee
1,451 Points

Difference between /* Content */ and <!-- Content --!>

Hi, I am watching a video on CSS Comments and got confused about its shortcut. In order to opt out contents, I am supposed to use Command key + / but it comes up with <!-- --!> instead of /* / as shown on the video. I am curious what's the difference between them and how I can make it work as / */. (I assume that they play the same role though.) Thanks a lot!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

These are comment identifiers for two different languages. The "<!-- --!>" sequence is for comments in HTML code, and the "/* */" sequence is for CSS code.

If you have both kinds of code in the same file (such as when you use <script> tags), it's possible that your editor has a bug and it got confused about what kind of code was being entered on that line.

Yuri Lee
Yuri Lee
1,451 Points
Yuri Lee
Yuri Lee
1,451 Points

Thank you so much! This answer was very helpful :-)