- From: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:29:38 +0200 (MEST)
- To: Brian V Bonini <b-bonini@cox.net>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
> What is the real difference between using '@import' for external style > sheets or 'link rel='? They both do the same thing no? DO they rank > differently in the cascade, etc..?? As far as I know, the correct behavior of imported CSS would be to offer the user a choice amongst the available <link /> stylesheets and ignoring the others, and continue the cascade from there (if there are several imported files, from top to bottom). So, on pages where I'm after the cascade, I may use the <link /> element for the first stylesheet in the cascade, but anything I want to follow is imported. Note: '@import' is not recognized by older browsers. But thus you can link to a stylesheet created for older browsers, and then use '@import' to include a CSS reference which contains styles supported only by newer browsers (and you can waive on any browser detection etc.). The styles in the imported sheet will supercede those in the linked one because they come after the linked sheet in the code, while older browsers will just ignore the '@import' directive. Regards, Jens. -- Jens Meiert Steubenstr. 28 D-26123 Oldenburg Mobil +49 (0)175 78 4146 5 Telefon +49 (0)441 99 86 147 Telefax +49 (0)89 1488 2325 91 Mail <jens@meiert.com> Internet <http://meiert.com>
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