In previous studies on applying styles to HTML using stylesheets, it was clear that while class style rules could be applied to many different elements on a page, an id style rule could only be applied to a single element.
The first paragraph on p177 (below the stylesheet code) says "The #nav definition and the #content definition are used to match all elements on a page with an id set to nav or content respectively, ...". "All elements" seems to imply that any number of elements can use the same id.
Anyone else noticed this?
Can anyone explain this for me?

Richard
Rugeley, UK
WinXP Pro SP2
VBW Express

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Richard
Rugeley, UK
WinXP Pro SP2
VBW Express + SQL Server 2005 Express

You're correct. These ID selectors should refer to a single / unique element in a single page. You can have many elements with the same ID in your *site* as long as you have only one of them in each page. E.g. you can repeat an item in every page in your site if you wanted to, but you cannot repeat an item within a page.

Maybe the confusion comes from the fact the example tries to mention both #nav and #content, collectively referred to as elements?

Imar
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