CSS Cascade and Inheritance Module

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The CSS Cascade and Inheritance Module is a W3C specification that defines how CSS declarations are prioritized, combined, and passed down through the document tree to determine the final computed styles of elements.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf CSS specification module
W3C specification
aimsTo ensure interoperable CSS rendering
appliesTo Cascading Style Sheets
defines CSS cascade
CSS inheritance
computed values of CSS properties
how CSS declarations are combined
how CSS declarations are passed down the document tree
how CSS declarations are prioritized
how conflicts between CSS declarations are resolved
how the document tree affects inheritance
how transitions and animations participate in the cascade
how user styles interact with author styles
how user-agent styles interact with author styles
inherited values of CSS properties
initial values of CSS properties
the cascade layer order
the cascade origin order
the importance of declarations
the order of normal, important, and animation declarations in the cascade
the process for determining computed values of CSS properties
the specificity algorithm
the ‘all’ shorthand property
the ‘inherit’ keyword
the ‘initial’ keyword
the ‘revert-layer’ keyword
the ‘revert’ keyword
the ‘unset’ keyword
used values of CSS properties
hasConcept cascade layers
cascade origins
computed values
inheritance
initial values
specificity
used values
partOf CSS
publishedBy W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
relatedTo CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 3
CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 4
CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 5
standardizes behavior of CSS cascade across user agents
usedBy browser implementers
web developers
usedIn CSS layout engines
web browsers

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
CSS Cascade and Inheritance Module ("CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 3")
CSS Cascade and Inheritance Module ("CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 4")
CSS Cascade and Inheritance Module ("CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 5")
Editor’s Drafts ("CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 4 Editor’s Draft")
relatedTo
W3C CSS Working Group
standardizes

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