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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Fundamental Concepts Fundamental Concepts Review

Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
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Posted by Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
Oscar Mauricio Lancheros Murillo
3,608 Points

What are the three main steps the CSS cascade follows to determine which properties get assigned to an element?

Any help please?

3 Answers

Melissa Eaton
Melissa Eaton
8,296 Points
Melissa Eaton
Melissa Eaton
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I believe the answer is: Inline style, internal style sheet, and external style sheet. Here's a link to more info: w3schools

This is a direct quote from that site:

Cascading order

What style will be used when there is more than one style specified for an HTML element? Generally speaking we can say that all the styles will "cascade" into a new "virtual" style sheet by the following rules, where number three has the highest priority:

  1. Browser default

  2. External and internal style sheets (in the head section)

  3. Inline style (inside an HTML element)"

Alex Durrell
Alex Durrell
11,862 Points
Alex Durrell
Alex Durrell
11,862 Points

Hi Oscar,

The three main steps that the CSS cascade follows to determine which properties get assigned to an element are as follows: importance, specificity, and the source order.

Hope that helps!

Soumeli Dutta
Soumeli Dutta
8,523 Points
Soumeli Dutta
Soumeli Dutta
8,523 Points

thanks... its work...