On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:52:42 -0500, Dale Lists wrote: > > So it would seem that I now need to define a:link, a:hover, etc for > each place where there may be a different background color for each div > I may use a link in. That both kind of makes sense, but also would seem > to make things far more complex then they need to be. Or is there > something I could use when setting up (in this case) my links so that > it would know to inherit the appropriate background color? > The background set of properties are unusual in that they do not inherit from surrounding elements. I believe the only time background-color sort of inherits is when applied to TABLE COLs or COLGROUPs.
The default value for background-color when none is defined is transparent, allowing any background set on an enclosing element to shine through. The reason the validator warns you about having a background-color defined with your (text) color is in case the color shining through may be similar, making your text vanish. The validator checks one rule at a time and can't tell. It's a good warning to have, though. I see many sites with no background color set on any enclosing element - not even the BODY. As not all (my) browsers are set to white backgrounds, I get bizarre results sometimes. Cordially, David -- David Hucklesby, on 6/15/2006 <http://www.hucklesby.com/> -- ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
