January 7th, 2010
12:43 pm
CSS Cascade Order, Inheritance, Priority and Specificity

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The following articles give details of the resolution of styles when multiple stylesheets are cascaded, and how styles are prioritised when multiple styles affect the same element.

  • This article is a helpful introduction to the basics.
  • This article from W3.org gives the full specification, but if starting out you are advised to read the above intro first!
  • This article from David’s Kitchen gives a good insight into CSS Style inheritance, priority and the infamous specificity (try saying that one when you’ve had a few too many!)  I found it easier to understand particularly on priority than the W3.org spec above, although the latter is obviously the last word on how it all works.

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