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Inheritance

2:39 with Anwar Montasir

You might have seen the term inheritance used regarding certain CSS properties. Inherited properties in CSS means that an HTML element’s style values are copied from its parent (or containing) element.

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    CSS properties. Inherited properties in CSS means that an HTML element's 0:00
    style values are copied from its parent or containing element. 0:02
    A good example of inheritance in a CSS property is with the color property. 0:09
    If a color value is applied to an element, 0:15
    any child of that element will inherit that color value. 0:18
    The one exception is the text color in links since 0:23
    browsers assign specific color styles for those. 0:27

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