Simple selectors: Elements, classes, and IDs

- [Instructor] You're already familiar … with a few kinds of selectors as you join this course. … You've encountered elements, classes, and IDs before. … Let's quickly review each type of selector and its use. … The element selector means that … our selector is some type of HTML element. … Paragraphs, articles, sections, … footers, headers, headings, lists, … links, and so much more. … We simply type in the name of the element … and that is the selector for it. … Element selectors are the least specific … in the CSS cascade. … That makes elements a great choice … for writing generic code that should govern … the style for most of your webpage, … using other selectors to override these default values. … A class is a style that can be used … in many different cases on the same webpage. … It's more specific than an element, … meaning that it can override an … element styling easily. … Classes always start with a period in your style sheet … and they are called via the attribute … of class in your HTML. …