CSS CASCADE Flashcards
1
Q
What are the four components of “the Cascade”.
A
source order, inheritance, specificty , !important
2
Q
What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?
A
The styling that was provided last in the stylesheet will take effect over stylings written previous
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
4
Q
List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.
A
class
1 - 0 - 0
id
0 - 1 - 0
type
0 - 0 - 1
5
Q
Why is using !important considered bad practice?
A
It breaks source code, specificty, inheritance
