At 11:27 AM +1000 10/19/05, Peter Williams wrote:
> From: css man
Does anyone know of any tutorials, reference or other sites
that focus on inline CSS?
CSS isn't different when it is applied inline, in a style
element, or in an external stylesheet.
It isn't fundamentally different, but I can think of at least two
common "gotchas" related to inline CSS:
1. Inline CSS is always of the highest specificity, applying in
preference to anything in a style element or external style sheet. [1]
2. Because they are parts of the selector and are not style
properties, pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements cannot be used in a
style attribute. Thus you cannot apply, for example, :hover or
:visited styles on an element (not even on an anchor) from within a
style attribute, nor can you use generated content. Dynamic effects
cannot be achieved through inline styling alone.
Although it does have its uses, make sure you know why you want to
use inline styles. As Peter suggests, placing the CSS inline does
remove a good deal of the flexibility and ease of maintenance that
makes CSS such a powerful and valuable tool.
1. <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#specificity>
Good luck,
--
-Adam Kuehn
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