When attempting to apply specific CSS properties to a particular area (e.g., "Dashboard") by assigning the class name "main" to the div.col function in the HTML, I encountered an issue where the CSS property applied affected the entire page. The following is my HTML code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-Vkoo8x4CGsO3+Hhxv8T/Q5PaXtkKtu6ug5TOeNV6gBiFeWPGFN9MuhOf23Q9Ifjh" crossorigin="anonymous">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/adminboard.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.12.1/css/all.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.12.1/js/all.min.js">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Rosario&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<title>Admin Dashboard</title>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-dark navbar-fixed-top">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Admin Dashboard</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#"><i class="fas fa-tachometer-alt"></i> Dashboard</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#"><i class="fas fa-cogs"></i> Settings</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#"><i class="fas fa-user"></i> Profile</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#"><i class="fas fa-question-circle"></i> Help</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
<form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0">
<input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#"><i class="fas fa-user-plus"></i> Add Users</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#"><i class="far fa-copy"></i> Add Categories</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
<!--navbar ends here-->
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-3 col-md-2 ">
<ul class="nav flex-column sidebar">
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link active" href="#">Reports</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#">Stats</a> </li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#">Graphs</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#">Users</a></li>
</ul>
<ul class="nav flex-column sidebar">
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link active" href="#">Reports</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#">Revenues</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#">Countries</a></li>
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="#">Spammers</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-9 col-md-10 main">
<h1 class="page-header">Dashboard</h1></div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-J6qa4849blE2+poT4WnyKhv5vZF5SrPo0iEjwBvKU7imGFAV0wwj1yYfoRSJoZ+n" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/popper.js@1.16.0/dist/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-Q6E9RHvbIyZFJoft+2mJbHaEWldlvI9IOYy5n3zV9zzTtmI3UksdQRVvoxMfooAo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-wfSDF2E50Y2D1uUdj0O3uMBJnjuUD4Ih7YwaYd1iqfktj0Uod8GCExl3Og8ifwB6" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</body>
</html>
CSS code:
[![body{
font-family: 'Rosario' ;
}
.sidebar{
margin:10px -8px 20px 20px;
}
.sidebar>li>a{
padding: 20px 20px;
}
.main{
margin-top: 80px;
background-color: lightgray;
}]
I want my page to look exactly like this.: https://i.sstatic.net/odqIK.png
Currently, it looks like this: https://i.sstatic.net/PgL6l.png