- From: fantasai <fantasai@escape.com>
- Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 00:42:03 -0400
- To: www-style@w3.org
James Dean wrote:
>
> I wish to override a bgcolour style for one table cell. I can't make it
> work.
>
> BODY, TD {
> color : Black;
...
> background : #CCFF66;
...
> in the document:
>
> <tr>
> <td width="117" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top">{NAV_BAR}</td>
> .....
>
> White does not over-ride the other colour. Could someone please point me at
> the correct syntax.
White? You mean black, right? It's because CSS overrides any stylistic HTML.
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/cascade.html#q12
Use CSS to specify the colors and it should work.
BTW, authoring questions should be directed to
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets
~fantasai
Received on Monday, 8 April 2002 00:38:54 UTC