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💬 CSS Comments

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CSS comments help make your code cleaner, more understandable, and easier to maintain. Although comments are not visible in the browser, they are essential for teamwork and future editing.

Let’s explore how to use CSS comments effectively.

🧠 Why Use CSS Comments?

✅ Explain why certain styles were added
✅ Temporarily disable code for testing
✅ Leave notes for yourself or team members
✅ Improve code readability

🔖 CSS Comment Syntax

In CSS, comments begin with /* and end with */.
Everything between these symbols is treated as a comment and ignored by the browser.

📄 Example: Single-Line Comment

/* This is a single-line comment */
p {
  color: red;
}

🛠️ Example: Inline Comment

p {
  color: red;  /* Set text color to red */
}

🔁 CSS Comments in Code Flow

You can even place comments in the middle of a line to temporarily disable parts of your CSS code:

p {
  color: /*red*/blue; 
}

✅ This will apply the color blue, because the word red is commented out.

📏 Multi-Line Comments

CSS comments can span across multiple lines, which is useful for longer notes or temporary code blocks:

/* This is
   a multi-line
   comment */
p {
  color: red;
}

🌐 HTML vs. CSS Comments

In HTML, comments use a different syntax: 
In CSS, the syntax is: /* ... */

✅ Example: HTML + CSS Comments Together

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>
    p {
      color: red; /* Set text color to red */
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>

  <h2>My Heading</h2>

  <!-- These paragraphs will appear in red -->
  <p>Hello World!</p>
  <p>This paragraph is styled with CSS.</p>
  <p>HTML and CSS comments are not shown in the output.</p>

</body>
</html>

✨ Pro Tips from GoNimbus

✅ Use comments to label sections like headers, footers, navigation, etc.
✅ Avoid excessive commenting of obvious code
✅ Temporarily disable styles during debugging using comment blocks
✅ Keep your CSS clean and organized for scalability

🎯 Summary

Feature	CSS Comments
Syntax	`/* comment */`
Purpose	Add explanations, disable code, organize styling
Visibility	Hidden in the browser
Works in	All modern browsers

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