What's the difference between use a class selector and a class with an element?

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I have seen this as the norm:

It has a class selector with a property and a value, then that class is called below.

That makes sense.

But i have seen this too:

There is an element with a class in the <style> section, what's the difference and why is there a need to put the element with the class as the selector instead of just the class?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/CSS_basics — j08691, Mar 18 '21 at 19:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '21 at 19:40

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.co will select all elements with that class. div.co will only select div elements with that class. It's more specific.

answered Mar 18 '21 at 19:40

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What's the difference between use a class selector and a class with an element?

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