How can I apply styles to multiple classes at once?

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I want two classes with different names to have the same property in CSS. I don't want to repeat the code.

Since both classes are doing the same thing, I should be able to merge it into one. How can I do that?

Answer

Juraj Blahunka picture Juraj Blahunka · Jan 20, 2010 
.abc, .xyz { margin-left: 20px; }

is what you are looking for.

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