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Joakim Forsgren
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 Inline - Inline Styles\\ Inline - Inline Styles\\
  
-"Copy paste ;-)"+Och nu lite Copy paste ;-) 
 <code html> <code html>
-An external style sheet is ideal when the style is applied to many pages. With an external style sheet, you can change the look of an entire Web site by changing one file. Each page must link to the style sheet using the <link> tag. The <link> tag goes inside the head section:+An external style sheet is ideal when the style is applied to many pages. With an external style sheet,  
 +you can change the look of an entire Web site by changing one file. Each page must link to the style sheet  
 +using the <link> tag. The <link> tag goes inside the head section:
  
 <head> <head>
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 </head>  </head> 
  
-An external style sheet can be written in any text editor. The file should not contain any html tags. Your style sheet should be saved with a .css extension. An example of a style sheet file is shown below:+An external style sheet can be written in any text editor. The file should not contain any html tags.  
 +Your style sheet should be saved with a .css extension. An example of a style sheet file is shown below:
  
 hr {color:sienna} hr {color:sienna}
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 body {background-image:url("images/back40.gif")}  body {background-image:url("images/back40.gif")} 
  
- Do not leave spaces between the property value and the units! "margin-left:20 px" (instead of "margin-left:20px") will work in IE, but not in Firefox or Opera.+Do not leave spaces between the property value and the units!  
 +"margin-left:20 px" (instead of "margin-left:20px") will work in IE, but not in Firefox or Opera.
  
  
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 Internal Style Sheet Internal Style Sheet
-An internal style sheet should be used when a single document has a unique style. You define internal styles in the head section of an HTML page, by using the <style> tag, like this:+An internal style sheet should be used when a single document has a unique style. You define internal styles in  
 +the head section of an HTML page, by using the <style> tag, like this:
  
 <head> <head>
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 Inline Styles Inline Styles
-An inline style loses many of the advantages of style sheets by mixing content with presentation. Use this method sparingly!+An inline style loses many of the advantages of style sheets by mixing content with presentation.  
 +Use this method sparingly!
  
-To use inline styles you use the style attribute in the relevant tag. The style attribute can contain any CSS property. The example shows how to change the color and the left margin of a paragraph:+To use inline styles you use the style attribute in the relevant tag. The style attribute can contain  
 +any CSS property. The example shows how to change the color and the left margin of a paragraph:
  
 <p style="color:sienna;margin-left:20px">This is a paragraph.</p>  <p style="color:sienna;margin-left:20px">This is a paragraph.</p> 
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 Multiple Style Sheets Multiple Style Sheets
-If some properties have been set for the same selector in different style sheets, the values will be inherited from the more specific style sheet. +If some properties have been set for the same selector in different style sheets, the values will be inherited  
 +from the more specific style sheet. 
  
 For example, an external style sheet has these properties for the h3 selector: For example, an external style sheet has these properties for the h3 selector:
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 font-size:20pt  font-size:20pt 
  
-The color is inherited from the external style sheet and the text-alignment and the font-size is replaced by the internal style sheet.+The color is inherited from the external style sheet and the text-alignment and the font-size is replaced by  
 +the internal style sheet.
  
  
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 </code> </code>
  
-Multiple Styles Will Cascade into One +=== Multiple Styles Will Cascade into One === 
-1. Browser default  +  - Browser default  
-2. External style sheet  +  - External style sheet  
-3. Internal style sheet (in the head section)  +  - Internal style sheet (in the head section)  
-4. Inline style (inside an HTML element) +  - Inline style (inside an HTML element) 
 So, an inline style (inside an HTML element) has the highest priority, which means that it will override a style defined inside the <head> tag, or in an external style sheet, or in a browser (a default value). So, an inline style (inside an HTML element) has the highest priority, which means that it will override a style defined inside the <head> tag, or in an external style sheet, or in a browser (a default value).
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