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gurpal singh sidhu
1,294 Pointswhat is the word inherit means
the word inherit means??
2 Answers
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsIn CSS, "inherit" generally means that a property should take the value from its parent element.
Many CSS properties are inherited by default. For example:
<div style="color: blue">
<span>This text is in a span</span>
</div>
The text inside the span
above would be colored blue because the color property is inherited by default.
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Bryan Peters
11,996 PointsInherit in CSS means to receive a property from the element's parent or ancestors.
So a <p> with font-weight:bold inside a <div> with color:red will inherit the red color from its parent (<div>), and be both red and bold.