grouped selector in css

[clarkson]

I learnt that there are 5 type of selectors.

1. Id selector
2. class selector
3. grouped selector
4. context selector,
5. element selector

In grouped selector is it possible to use only ELEMENTS seperated with comma. Can this code be considered as a grouped selector. {#form input,#form textarea{border:2px solid blue;} Also what's the difference of context selector and grouped selector?

[jeffman]

A grouped selector is a list of any selectors separated by commas. The individual selectors can be element selectors, class selectors, contextual selectors, whatever. Unlike the other kinds of selectors, group selectors are a kind of shorthand. So yes, your example is a group selector. Hopefully, that answer helps you understand why it is not meaningful to ask the difference between a context selector and a group selector. It's like the difference between a package and a delivery truck.

[newseed]

What you have is both group and context. You can almost do anything to get what you want either to define broad list of styles or a style that is specific for one element overriding the all other styles. p {color: blue;} This is the element selector. #article p {color: red;} This will override any p with the id 'article'. This is called context selector. h1, p{ color: blue;} This is group selectors #articles h1, #articles p {color: red;} This is using context and group selectors. UPDATE: Sorry, didn't mean to supersede you Deirdre

Edited June 11, 2013 by newseed