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Advanced CSS 5

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What factors determine which rules apply?

The most important factor in determining whether a style overrides another is specificity. That is, a

declaration with a more specific selector overrides one with a less specific selector. ID selectors, for

example, are very specific: They target one distinct element on a page. Class selectors are less specific,

and element selectors less still. The relative proximity of a style declaration to its affected element is

another factor in determining whether a particular rule is overridden.

● When the page is viewed in

a browser, the embedded

style sheet’s rule overrides

conflicting rules on the

linked style sheet.

3 Add one or more declarations
to the embedded style sheet.

4 Type .

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