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Replies for: But doesn't that only work if the item with .specialButton is inside of a button element (without the requirement for element to be a button)? Or i...

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Ben Sinclair •

It's whitespace that's important:

  • button.specialButton - a button with the class specialButton
  • button .specialButton - any element with the class specialButton that's anywhere inside a button.
  • button#verySpecialButton - a button with the id verySpecialButton
  • button #verySpecialButton - any element with the id button that's anywhere inside a button.