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Syntax in CSS

golowingThe general rule to apply css can be described from the following image:

Selector Property Value

The selector can be any html element (e.g. h1,h4,p) to which we want to apply style.

The declaration block consists of everything that is placed inside the curly braces {} and it can contain multiple declarations. Each declaration consists of a CSS property (e.g. color, background-color) and a value, with a colon between them. Different declarations are separated from each other by semicolons.

Some common html selectors: h1-h6, p, ul, li.

Some common  css properties : color, background-color, font-family, border, width, height, text-align, padding, margin.

Example

The CSS rule:

p { 
    color: red; 
    background-color: blue; 
 }

will create a text displayed as:

p { color: red; background-color: blue; }


REFERENCES:

CSSReference.io: A free visual guide to CSS. Features the most popular properties, and explains them with illustrated and animated examples.

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