- From: Lauren Wood <lauren@sqwest.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 14:13:23 -0700
- To: preece@predator.urbana.mcd.mot.com, cwilso@microsoft.com
- Cc: www-style@w3.org, html-erb@w3.org
> > The next-to-last paragraph of section 3.2 of [1] says: > > > A 'STYLE' attribute on an element (see section 1.1 for an example) > should be considered as if an ID attribute had been specified at the end > of the style sheet. > > which I read as I indicated. Since it goes on to say: > > The UA may choose to honor other stylistic attributes (e.g. 'ALIGN') as > if a 'STYLE' attribute had been used. When in conflict with other > stylistic attributes, the 'STYLE' attribute should win. > > I would say your interpretation was what they intended, anyway. > > --- > > | [1]: http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-css1.html > > > scott This raises another question that I've been thinking about for a while - it says that the STYLE attribute should win. This means that if someone is silly enough to write <FONT COLOR="red" STYLE="color: blue"> that they should get blue text. Or does this sentence only apply to the ALIGN attribute? Lauren
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