CSS Id and Class

CSS Id and Class

The id and class Selectors

In addition to setting a style for a HTML element, CSS allows you to specify your own selectors called "id" and "class".

The id Selector

The id selector is used to specify a style for a single, unique element.
The id selector uses the id attribute of the HTML element, and is defined with a "#".
The style rule below will be applied to the element with id="para1":

Example

<html>
<head>
<style>
#para1
{
text-align:center;
color:red;
</style>
</head>

<body>
<p id="para1">Hello World!</p>
<p>This paragraph is not affected by the style.</p>
</body>
</html>

The class Selector

The class selector is used to specify a style for a group of elements. Unlike the id selector, the class selector is most often used on several elements.
This allows you to set a particular style for many HTML elements with the same class.
The class selector uses the HTML class attribute, and is defined with a "."
In the example below, all HTML elements with class="center" will be center-aligned:

Example

<html>
<head>
<style>
.center
{
text-align:center;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<h1 class="center">Center-aligned heading</h1>
<p class="center">Center-aligned paragraph.</p> 
</body>
</html>
You can also specify that only specific HTML elements should be affected by a class.
In the example below, all p elements with class="center" will be center-aligned:

Example

<html>
<head>
<style>
p.center
{
text-align:center;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<h1 class="center">This heading will not be affected</h1>
<p class="center">This paragraph will be center-aligned.</p> 
</body>
</html>




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