Phillip Perry wrote: > I'm new to the list and not too new to css but by no means a pro at it. I've > noticed in some of the posts i've seen people list html,body {blah:foo;} as > a line of code. What benifit comes from html and body selectors? I'm sorry > if this is a stupid question but I cant seem to find an answer elsewhere.
Well, since body wraps the entire site, it can be a very powerful element to style. A common use is: body {font-size:100%;} to set the base font size. There are hacks which you might be seeing as well: html>body .container {color:blue;} which will be ignored by IE win - maybe mac ie as well. Mike ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/