- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 01:11:25 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Michael Day <mikeday@yeslogic.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Michael Day wrote:
>
> What is the default font-weight? Most people would say "normal", and
> they would be wrong, if default means "inherit" for some properties, but
> not others.
The keyword could probably have a better name. (Most proposals start off
with placeholder names that are changed before reaching CR.)
> How often does one need to reset such a combination of properties?
Most serious stylesheets will end up resetting a bunch of properties. I
have often written rules such as:
* { color: inherit; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; background: none;
font: inherit; display: inline; list-style: none; float: none;
position: static; }
...at the top of my style sheets, resetting properties so that I have a
nice simple box model to play with and don't have to worry about arbitrary
margins getting in the way.
(Did you notice the error? A single keyword would have avoided it.)
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