- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 03:52:19 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Michael Day <mikeday@yeslogic.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Michael Day wrote: > > Why has the "initial" value been added to CSS3? It does not seem to offer > additional functionality in the way that "inherit" does. For example: > > font-size: initial > > can always be replaced by the equivalent rule: > > font-size: medium > > and so on for all other properties. What is the "default" value? And how > does it differ from "initial"? What's the initial value of 'color'? In practice, even with properties where it is well defined, UA developers have found it useful to have a value that represents the initial value independent of what that value actually is. -- Ian Hickson )\._.,--....,'``. fL "meow" /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. http://index.hixie.ch/ `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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