* Michael Day wrote: >> >You could not make a similar argument for the "inherit" keyword, which is >> >genuinely useful even for properties which inherit by default, for forcing >> >inheritance in the presence of other rules in the cascade. >> >> Just specify the value you want. > >You want the value from the parent, whatever it may be. Depends on the >document, unlike initial, which is fixed regardless of the document. Hence >inherit gives functionality that would not otherwise be achievable, >whereas initial does not. That's the point, initial does add new functionality for various properties, you merely argue how to add this functionality; a simple, useful, general concept versus a new keywords. I still don't see how initial is difficult to understand or implement.Received on Tuesday, 29 July 2003 04:56:51 GMT
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