penders
msg:4401644 | 11:36 am on Dec 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
The * is the universal selector; it matches any element. So your example will apply the style rule to every element.
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spongenika
msg:4401645 | 11:40 am on Dec 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Thanks.
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lucy24
msg:4401794 | 10:02 pm on Dec 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
OK, now I'm curious. Are there any circumstances where you would legitimately do this? As opposed to, say,
html {blahblah}
and letting everyone else inherit from there. Are we talking size, color, what?
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alt131
msg:4401813 | 10:38 pm on Dec 27, 2011 (gmt 0) |
he he, one of those questions where the answer begs the question ;).
Not all properties inherit by default Appendix F. Full property table [w3.org], and not all versions would apply inherit even if explicitly set. Hence the popularity of variations of:
* {
margin:0;
border:0;
}
But as the universal selector is very inefficient I think the real message in the question really is to ask if it is the best way to achieve the desired outcome. Legimate? I guess that depends on the code-complexity/code inefficiency trade-off
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