How do I select an element that has a certain class?

Question

My understanding is that using element.class should allow for a specific element assigned to a class to receive different \"styling\" than the rest of the class

Answer 1

h2.myClass is only valid for h2 elements which got the class myClass directly assigned.

Your want to note it like this:

.myClass h2

Which selects all children of myClass which have the tagname h2