Understanding HTML Elements in CSS
Before you can style a webpage with CSS, you first need to understand the elements that CSS is designed to style.
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- Elements are the building blocks of webpages.
- Examples include headings, paragraphs, images, links, and buttons.
- HTML elements are written using tags, such as <p>This is a paragraph.</p>.
- CSS selects and styles elements, such as p { color: blue; }.
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Before learning advanced CSS, you must first understand elements.
CSS works by selecting and styling elements.
If you do not understand elements properly, CSS will feel confusing later.
What Is an Element?
An element is a building block of a webpage.
Everything you see on a webpage is created using elements.
Examples include:
headings
paragraphs
images
links
buttons
tables
forms
In HTML, elements are written using tags.
Example of an HTML Element
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<p>This is a paragraph.</p> |
Here :
<p> is the opening tag
</p> is the closing tag
“This is a paragraph.” is the content
Together, they form an element.
Why Elements Matter in CSS
CSS styles elements.
For example:
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p { color: blue; } |
This CSS rule changes all paragraph elements to blue.
Without elements, CSS would have nothing to style.
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