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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Display Modes Table Display

Rifqi Fahmi
Rifqi Fahmi
23,164 Points
Posted by Rifqi Fahmi
Rifqi Fahmi
23,164 Points

initial value

I still didn't get what "initial" value mean in css. How it affect the element?

1 Answer

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

The initial value specifies that the property should use the default value as outlined in the CSS Spec. This means that if you were to use color: initial on a paragraph it would be set to black because that is the default.