On Oct 12, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Erik Harris wrote:
> I've got a <ul> element buried with this hierarchy:
> ....div#sidebar > ul > li#pages > ul
>
> I've got the following two lines in my stylesheet:
>
> #sidebar ul ul {margin: 5px 0 0 10px;}
> #pages ul {margin: 0em; padding: 0em;}
>
> Despite the fact that it seems that the second line should be more
> specific (#pages is more specific because it's deeper in the
> hierarchy),
> the first line is the one that's taking precedence. I'm getting the
> 5px
> and 10px margins on my #pages ul, and FireBug confirms that the first
> line overriding the second one. Can anyone explain why my line of
> thinking is incorrect, and why CSS is interpreting it this way?
#sidebar ul ul : a=1 b=0 c=2 --> 102
#pages ul a=1 b=0 c=1 --> 101
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#specificity
Philippe
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Philippe Wittenbergh
http://l-c-n.com/
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