[GTALUG] [OT] first stanza in css not understood

[Howard Gibson]

Paul,

   I am trying out your CSS code here.  It works for me when I delete your // comments.  I did not realize this was part of the CSS langugage.

On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 22:37:29 -0400
"Paul King" <sciguy at vex.net> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Sorry if this is off-topic, but I have been scratching my head for hours and 
> have been frustrated with this error. I am writing this code just for myself.
> 
> The first stanza in my css code which I moved from HTML to an external css file 
> does not appear to be read at all. This appears to happen whatever the first 
> stanza is, and I have tried moving them around. All other CSS tags are 
> understood, but only if they do not appear in the first stanza. I can give the 
> first two stanzas including the lines above it (all comments). Doesn't look 
> like there is anything wrong here to me, although there is a bit of repetition.
> 
> Paul
> 
> ------------------CSS CODE BELOW-----------------------------
> 
> // Cascading stylesheet for form elements such as buttons
> // "equal" and "clear" are two class names I gave for form buttons
> 
>     .equal { 
>           background-color: #4CAF50; /* Green */
>           border: 2px solid black;
>           color: white;
>           padding: 4px 7px;
>           text-align: center;
>           text-decoration: none;
>           display: inline-block;
>           font-size: 16px;
>           width: 50px;
>           }
>     .equal:hover {
>       background-color: #aefe41;
>       color: black;
>     }
>     .clear { 
>           background-color: #FF0000; /* Red */
>           border: 2px solid black;
>           color: yellow;
>           padding: 4px 7px;
>           text-align: center;
>           text-decoration: none;
>           display: inline-block;
>           font-size: 16px;
>           width: 50px;
>           }
>     .clear:hover {
>           background-color: #FFABAB;
>           color: black;
>     }
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