Basics of CSS
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What is CSS?
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets
CSS describes how HTML elements are to be displayed on the screen, on paper, or in other media.
CSS saves a lot of work. It can control the layout of multiple web pages all at once
External stylesheets are stored in CSS files
CSS Syntax
Selector: An HTML tag is a selector that uses a style. This might be a tag such as <h1>
or <table>
etc. The HTML element we like is indicated by the selector.
Property: An attribute type of an HTML tag is a property. All of the HTML attributes are simply converted into CSS. It might be color
, border,
etc.
Value: Properties are allocated values, such as a color property with either a red or #F1F1F1
, etc. value.
The block of statements includes one or more statements separated by semicolons. Each statement includes the name and the value of the CSS property, separated by a colon. A CSS statement always finishes with a semi-colon, and blocks of the declaration are surrounded with curly braces.