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  • Cool Beans
    Cool Beans
    6,937 Points

    i am trying to understand how can I move .btn elements to the center. Tried everything and does not work.

    Posted July 19, 2024 2:54pm by Cool Beans
    Cool Beans
    6,937 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    2 Answers

  • Sean Fallon
    Sean Fallon
    8,516 Points

    Some elements don't work with child selectors. Example div ~ h1 p > h1 and so on.

    Posted May 29, 2021 8:28pm by Sean Fallon
    Sean Fallon
    8,516 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    4 Answers

  • Ubo Town
    Ubo Town
    3,227 Points

    .btn

    Posted January 27, 2021 12:36am by Ubo Town
    Ubo Town
    3,227 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
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    1 Answer

  • Jake Almendarez
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    Jake Almendarez
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,250 Points

    button element or input type submit?

    Posted June 12, 2020 1:30am by Jake Almendarez
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    Jake Almendarez
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,250 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
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    1 Answer

  • Shung Chen
    Shung Chen
    6,526 Points

    What is the diff between these selectors: "ol li" and "ol~li"

    Posted May 27, 2020 3:50am by Shung Chen
    Shung Chen
    6,526 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    1 Answer

  • Delicia Wharton
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    Delicia Wharton
    UX Design Techdegree Student 11,098 Points

    Still can't get adjacent buttons to work (btn + btn)

    Posted March 3, 2020 2:30am by Delicia Wharton
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    Delicia Wharton
    UX Design Techdegree Student 11,098 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    2 Answers

  • Dwi Andreas Prawiranegara
    Dwi Andreas Prawiranegara
    7,181 Points

    Combinator for multiple children

    Posted April 1, 2018 3:21am by Dwi Andreas Prawiranegara
    Dwi Andreas Prawiranegara
    7,181 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    1 Answer

  • ian izaguirre
    ian izaguirre
    3,220 Points

    I do not understand the difference between a child and a sibling ?

    Posted September 3, 2017 4:33am by ian izaguirre
    ian izaguirre
    3,220 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    2 Answers

  • Ben Mohammad
    Ben Mohammad
    5,659 Points

    why does my login button follow the adjacent sibling/or child when i only want the reset button to follow suit.

    Posted May 20, 2017 2:02pm by Ben Mohammad
    Ben Mohammad
    5,659 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    1 Answer

  • Matthew Keys
    Matthew Keys
    1,922 Points

    Confusion with the ".btn + .btn"

    Posted March 21, 2017 1:58pm by Matthew Keys
    Matthew Keys
    1,922 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    2 Answers

  • Shahar Golan
    Shahar Golan
    819 Points

    inline-block

    Posted March 2, 2017 2:03pm by Shahar Golan
    Shahar Golan
    819 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    1 Answer

  • deepak sharma
    deepak sharma
    3,844 Points

    why dont be use margin-right in adjacent selector in .btn + .btn.. and why is it not working

    Posted December 31, 2016 1:16pm by deepak sharma
    deepak sharma
    3,844 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    2 Answers

  • Jiho Song
    Jiho Song
    16,469 Points

    What is the difference between using ~ and just writing down the specific type name? <CSS>

    Posted December 30, 2016 2:20am by Jiho Song
    Jiho Song
    16,469 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
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    2 Answers

  • Kailash Seshadri
    Kailash Seshadri
    3,087 Points

    Difference between using a space and a ~ symbol

    Posted July 9, 2016 9:26am by Kailash Seshadri
    Kailash Seshadri
    3,087 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
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    2 Answers

  • Kailash Seshadri
    Kailash Seshadri
    3,087 Points

    Adjacent Sibling Combinators

    Posted July 9, 2016 9:16am by Kailash Seshadri
    Kailash Seshadri
    3,087 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    1 Answer

  • Dylan Carter
    Dylan Carter
    4,780 Points

    I don't get what the difference is in using the > for children instead of just putting a space like we were doing?

    Posted May 15, 2016 1:20am by Dylan Carter
    Dylan Carter
    4,780 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    3 Answers

  • Dylan Carter
    Dylan Carter
    4,780 Points

    So, its best to use only class selectors?

    Posted May 14, 2016 11:11pm by Dylan Carter
    Dylan Carter
    4,780 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    2 Answers

  • Karen Spicer
    Karen Spicer
    5,548 Points

    Cascade Importance, Specificity and Order

    Posted September 29, 2015 6:45pm by Karen Spicer
    Karen Spicer
    5,548 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
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    4 Answers

  • Ary de Oliveira
    PLUS
    Ary de Oliveira
    Courses Plus Student 28,304 Points

    Syntax Definition Command

    Posted September 10, 2015 11:57am by Ary de Oliveira
    Ary de Oliveira
    Courses Plus Student 28,304 Points
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    2 Answers

  • Sean Flanagan
    Sean Flanagan
    33,237 Points

    General Sibling Combinators

    Posted May 25, 2015 7:40pm by Sean Flanagan
    Sean Flanagan
    33,237 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
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    2 Answers

  • Hammad Ahmed
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    Hammad Ahmed
    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,910 Points

    Difference between Descendant and Child selectors

    Posted March 14, 2015 5:05pm by Hammad Ahmed
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    Hammad Ahmed
    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,910 Points
    • CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
    • Child, Adjacent, and General Sibling Combinators

    3 Answers

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