WGU (KVO1) Web Development Applications Exam - Topic 1 Question 9 Discussion

The given CSS code uses the #name selector, which is an ID selector. The ID selector is used to style an element with a specific id attribute.

ID Selector: In CSS, the ID selector is used to style the element with the specific id. The syntax for the ID selector is #id, where id is the id attribute value of the HTML element.

Usage Example:

#name {

text-align: left;

}

This CSS rule will apply the text-align: left; style to the element with id='name'.

ID Selector Characteristics:

An ID must be unique within a document, meaning it can be used only once per page.

ID selectors are more specific than class selectors and element selectors.

Example in HTML:

MDN Web Docs on CSS Selectors

W3C CSS Specification on Selectors