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
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