Tell a Friend About Our Cool Software
CoffeeCup StyleSheet Maker Help Center
Understanding Inheritance of Style Properties
Inheritance means the styles of the one set of tags is inherited by another set of tags. For instance, say you have a style named Bob defined like this:
.Bob { font-family: Arial; font-size: small; }
Then you applied the style to the body like this:
<BODY class="Bob">
Inside the body, every other tag will inherit the properties of the style sheet Bob, so text would use the Arial font and be small. Now, suppose in the same document, we have a second style named Dave:
.Dave { font-size: large; }
And then we applied the style Dave to a paragraph within the body tags like this:<BODY class="Bob">
<P class="Dave">Hello</P>
</BODY>
What would happen? Because tags within the body inherit the Bob style, the word Hello would use the Arial font. However, since the properties of Dave override the properties of Bob, Hello would appear Large, not small.
CoffeeCup Software started in a real Coffee House 1996. Our first program was the HTML Editor. Over the last 10 years we have created a lot more Web Design & Flash Software. Our philosophy has always been to create software and services so you can make better Websites. We are dedicated to helping you by offering extraordinary support so we can succeed together. Consider us a partner and a friend, because we really are about Fresh Software and Warm People.
