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Authoredstylerulesprecedeuseragentstyles.Thesearethebrowser’sowndefault

stylesthathaveanimpactonyoursite’slookandfeel.^1

Propertiesandvaluesaregroupedbyselector.Acheckboxsitsnexttoeachproperty,

lettingyoutogglespecificrulesonandoff.Clickingonapropertyorvalueallows

youtochangeit,soyoucanavoidhavingtoedit,saveandreload.

Identifying Cascade and Inheritance Problems

Asyouinspectstyles,youmaynoticethatsomepropertiesappearcrossedout.

Thesepropertieshavebeenoverriddeneitherbyacascadingrule,aconflictingrule,

oramorespecificselector,asdepictedinFigure3.6.

Figure 3.6. The width for .wide overrides the width for the div element selector

(^1) InFirefox,youmayhavetoselecttheShow Browser Styles optioninordertoviewuseragentstyles.
YoucanfindthissettingintheToolbox Optionspanel.
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