Syntax

CSS Syntax

A CSS rule set contains a selector and a declaration block.

Selector{Property1: value1; Property2: value2; ..........;}
  • Selector: Selector indicates the HTML element you want to style. It could be any tag like <h1>, <title> etc.
  • Declaration Block: The declaration block can contain one or more declarations separated by a semicolon. For the above example, there are two declarations:
    1. color: yellow;
    2. font-size: 11 px;
  • Each declaration contains a property name and value, separated by a colon.

  • A Property:Property is a type of attribute of HTML element. It could be color, border etc.
  • Value: Values are assigned to CSS properties. In the above example, value "yellow" is assigned to color property.
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