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CSS CSS Basics Understanding Values and Units Percentages

Gal Parselany
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Gal Parselany
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hey, I didnt understand why you use div? you cant do that as <header id\class="">?

why use div if u have header? please explain

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Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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At about 2:10 in the video, the instructor explains: "divs allow me to add additional styles to my content."

So he used a div inside the header to create a reference to apply CSS styles that he did not want on the entire header.