CSS-Cascade Flashcards
1
Q
What are the four components of “the Cascade”.
A
Source Order, Inheritance, Specificity, important! rule
2
Q
What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?
A
It is the order in which your CSS rules are written and the last css rule written for an element is applied
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
Through inheritance specific properties can be applied to the children elements
4
Q
List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.
A
Type Selector, Class Selector, Id Selector
5
Q
Why is using !important considered bad practice?
A
It makes debugging difficult by disrupting the natural cascading of a CSS stylesheet
