- From: Scott E. Preece <preece@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:27:57 -0500
- To: galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl (ArnoudEngelfriet)
- CC: www-html@w3.org
From: galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl (Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet) | | > <TD> is allowed both "BGCOLOR" and "STYLE". If style has a | > specification for a background color/image, which takes precedence. | > Why the choice to add BGCOLOR? | | I'm starting to repeat myself on this list. :-) "Current practice" | And I'm not sure how it would work, but I would say that BGCOLOR | attribute on a TD overrides the style sheet definition. It defines | the color for this specific cell, so it would be identical to | <TD STYLE="background = blue">. --- I would guess the other way around - that the general assumption is that STYLE information overrides markup information. That way the user's stylesheet has ultimate authority. scott --- scott preece motorola/mcg urbana design center 1101 e. university, urbana, il 61801 phone: 217-384-8589 fax: 217-384-8550 internet mail: preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com
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