CSS Syntax
A CSS rule consists of a selector and a declaration block.
CSS Syntax
The selector points to the HTML element you want to style.
The declaration block contains one or more declarations separated by semicolons.
Each declaration includes a CSS property name and a value, separated by a colon.
Multiple CSS declarations are separated with semicolons, and declaration blocks are surrounded by curly braces.
Example
In this example, all <p> elements will be center-aligned, with a red text color:
p {
color: red;
text-align: center;
}
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Example Explained
p
is a selector in CSS (it points to the HTML element you want to style: <p>).color
is a property, andred
is the property valuetext-align
is a property, andcenter
is the property value
You will learn much more about CSS selectors and CSS properties in the next chapters!
CSS — Syntax
This video is a short introduction to CSS Syntax.
Part of a series of video tutorials to learn CSS for beginners!