CSS Flashcards
What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?
Selector, declaration, declaration block, property, value
How are key/value pairs related to CSS?
They apply styling to HTML elements
Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.
actual color name, RGB, HSL, HEX
What are three important considerations for choosing fonts?
color, font-family, sizing, readability, target market
What CSS properties make up the box model?
Padding, border, margin
Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?
Margin
Which CSS property pushes box content away from its border?
padding
Why must you have backup fonts assigned when selecting custom fonts?
To keep another font family to use for the website
What is source order?
Order of operation in the CSS document
What is inheritance?
When all child elements receive the same property as the parent
Why might CSS include this feature?
To write less code, efficiency
Is inheritance a good tool to use for styling? If so, on what occasions?
Yes it helps you simplify properties on multiple elements
What is the purpose of !important?
To override any styling that may have been previously applied
When is !important a good tool to use?
NEVER!!!
What is specificity?
browsers decide which CSS property values are the most relevant to an element and, therefore, will be applied
