#test is the selector for id="test"
.test is the selector for class="test"
but how do you remember which way round they are (eg not .=id)
#test is the selector for id=test .test is the selector for class=test but how
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#test is the selector for id="test"
.test is the selector for class="test"
but how do you remember which way round they are (eg not .=id)
Well, in truth these things are so common that most people don’t need mnemonics to remember them, but here’s something I came up with, if it helps:
In terms of a filename a
.and then an extension denotes a type of thing. There can be many different things of this type. With CSS, using classes you can denote a single style for many elements of the same type.In terms of a URL, a
#denotes an anchor link to a specific spot in the document. It refers to one location only. With CSS, using IDs you denote a single style for a single specific element.