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difference between pseudo elements and pseudo classes

Tender Turtle answered on March 5, 2022 Popularity 10/10 Helpfulness 2/10

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Difference between pseudo elements and  classes:
 => pseudo element represent an actual part of DOM whereas pseudo classes 
  represents state of an element based on the user's interactions with it
 => pseudo elements use :: while classes use :

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Tender Turtle

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Pseudo class targets state e.g. hover, active, link.
Pseudo element targets parts of the elements that don't explicitly exist 
or virtual elements e.g. first-letter, before, selection.

Basically, the pseudo class target exists, just need to modify its state.
A pseudo element does not exist and needs to be created.

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