- From: Eric A. Meyer <eam3@po.cwru.edu>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:56:57 -0500
- To: www-style@w3.org
At 12:10 -0500 09/18/97, Andi Hindle wrote:
>I'm trying to figure out what takes precedence over what in a stylesheet.
>Thus, given:
>
>body { color : #FFFFFF;}
>h1 {color : #FF0000;}
>
>will my <h1> turn out red or white?
If I read Section 3.2 of the specification correctly, your H1s will turn
out red, assuming that both statements have the same origin. I'm basing
this on rule 4 (the specificity rule). Since a declaration for H1 is more
specific than a declaration for BODY, it should win out.
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Eric A. Meyer - eam3@po.cwru.edu - http://www.cwru.edu/home/eam3.html
Hypermedia Systems Manager
Digital Media Services http://www.cwru.edu/dms/dms.html
Case Western Reserve University http://www.cwru.edu/
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