What does the dot mean in CSS?

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Cases

  • Selector start with dot

.class_name signifies class name

  • Two dotted selector separated by space

.outside .inside

means element with .inside class descended from an element with class .outside

  • Two dotted selector without separation

.name1.name2

means element that has both class name1 and name2
eg: class="name1 name2"

Related questions:

  • What does a space mean in a CSS selector? i.e. What is the difference between .classA.classB and .classA .classB?
  • What’s the difference between CSS classes .foo.bar (without space) and .foo .bar (with space)

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