[thelist] CSS Question - Simple
Simon Willison
cs1spw at bath.ac.uk
Mon Sep 15 13:57:03 CDT 2003
Rob Smith wrote:
> Is saying:
>
> body {
> font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: 12px;
> }
>
> td {
> font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: 12px;
> }
>
> th {
> font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: 12px;
> }
>
> the same as...
>
> body th td {
> font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
> font-size: 12px;
> }
No. It's the same as saying:
body, th, td, {
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
}
Commas mean "this selector or this selector or this selector". Spaces
mean "a td inside a th inside a body".
Hope that helps,
Simon Willison
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