Cascading and inheritance

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CSS3 cascading and inheritance specification.

This module contains a few specialized keywords to control CSS’s cascading and inheritance. Some of them, like @import and the inherit value, have been around for a long time. Others are new.

This is the mobile table. See also the desktop table.

Last major update on 24 September 2014.

I'm writing a CSS book.

No UC Mini tests; turns out I’d have to rewrite all the tests specifically for that beastly browser.

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@import
To import another style sheet 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Yes Yes
Scoped styles
To apply styles to part of the document 		No No Yes No Yes No No - No Yes No Yes
!important
Increases the specificity of a style rule. 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Yes Yes
all
Targets all CSS properties. Only the inherit, initial, and unset values are allowed. 		No No No Yes No No No - No No Yes
inherit value
 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Yes Yes
initial value
The initial value as specified in the CSS spec 		Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No - No Yes No Yes
unset value
Sets the value to inherit if that’s the default; to initial otherwise 		No No No Minimal No No No - No No Yes
  • Blink-based browsers support it only on the all declaration; not on just any declaration.

Browsers

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