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CSS

Posted by Juliet DeAmicis
Juliet DeAmicis
2,042 Points

Explanation of Cascade for Dummies

Is there a summary of how the cascade works? I'm find that I'm running into issues with things not showing up, which makes me think I don't understand the rules for ordering properties.

2 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

For the most part the cascade isn't what's tripping you up it's a related concept, specificity.

Check out HTML Dog's specificity article to read up about that.

Joakim Bergman
Joakim Bergman
14,501 Points
Joakim Bergman
Joakim Bergman
14,501 Points

It works like the more specific rule gets chosen over the general rule. You can find more details here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1043001/what-is-the-meaning-of-cascading-in-css or here: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html