CSS

applying css styles to documents.

• • style attribute: set directly on an html element in the style attribute

  • stylesheet rule selectors

    • tag name (element) selector: any element of the given type name

    • class (class attribute) selector: any element that has the given class

    • tag name + class (combination) selector: any element of the given type name that also has the given class

    • id (id attribute) selector: any element that has the given id

style sheet rule precedence

• • default style sheet is at the lowest

  • user style sheet overrides the default style sheet

  • the author style sheet overrides the user style sheet

    • unless rules in the user style sheet include the !important modifier