CSS Cascade Flashcards
1
Q
What are the four components of “the Cascade”.
A
- source order
- inheritance
- specificity
- important
2
Q
What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?
A
the order of styling taking effects.
*lower the lsat one will apply last
3
Q
How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?
A
inheritance -> controls what happens when no value if specified for a property on an element
4
Q
List the 3 selector teypes in order of increasing specificity?
A
- type selectors
- class selectors
- ID selectors
5
Q
why is using !important considered bad practice?
A
overrides any other declarations
- making hard to debug
- overrides inline styling
