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what does nth-child mean
The :nth-child() selector is a CSS pseudo-class that selects elements based on their position within a parent element. It allows you to target and style specific child elements by using a formula. For example, :nth-child(2) selects the second child element, :nth-child(even) selects all even-numbered child elements, and :nth-child(3n+1) selects every third child element starting from the first one.
You can learn more about the :nth-child() selector and see examples in the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) documentation: CSS :nth-child() selector
how do I access array indexing with document.getElementByClassName ?
document.getElementsByClassName() returns an array-like object of all child elements which have all of the given class names. Therefore, you need to specify which element's indexing you want to access.
Example in JavaScript:
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// HTML
<ul class="fruits">
<li>Apple</li>
<li>Banana</li>
<li>Orange</li>
</ul>
// JavaScript
const fruits = document.getElementsByClassName('fruits')[0].children;
console.log(fruits[0].textContent); // Output: 'Apple'
In the above example, document.getElementsByClassName('fruits') returns an array-like object of all elements with the class name 'fruits'. We access the first element [0] and get all child elements using the children property, which includes the li elements. Then we access the first element [0] of the fruits array-like object and get the content of the li element using textContent.
Note that we need to specify the index after getting the fruits array-like object- thus, the [0] after document.getElementsByClassName('fruits').
how does the parent inherit code in css work?
In CSS, the "inherit" keyword specifies that a property should inherit its value from its parent element. This means that if the parent element has a certain style applied to it, any child elements within it that have that same property set to "inherit" will also inherit that style. For example, if you set the font-size of a parent element to 16px and the font-size of a child element to "inherit", the child element will also have a font-size of 16px.
Here is an example snippet of CSS code which demonstrates the use of the "inherit" keyword in the font-size property:
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.parent {
font-size: 16px;
}
.child {
font-size: inherit;
}
In this example, any element with the "parent" class will have a font-size of 16px. Any child elements within that parent with the "child" class will inherit that font-size value of 16px.
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