Re: [css-d] Universal selector vs. body selector

2009-10-07 Thread Ezequiel Garzón
Thank you, Philippe! It's interesting that the anchor's color doesn't seem to be specified in the W3C document. __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ --

[css-d] Universal selector vs. body selector

2009-10-06 Thread Ezequiel Garzón
Greetings. As you will be able to tell, I'm a CSS rookie. My doubt is, if the body contains all the other containers, why does body { ... } behave different from * { ... }? Aren't properties supposed to cascade? Inheritable properties at least, no? But then I find that body { color:black; } and

Re: [css-d] Universal selector vs. body selector

2009-10-06 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Oct 6, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Ezequiel Garzón wrote: My doubt is, if the body contains all the other containers, why does body { ... } behave different from * { ... }? Aren't properties supposed to cascade? Inheritable properties at least, no? But then I find that body { color:black; }

Re: [css-d] Universal selector vs. body selector

2009-10-06 Thread Climis, Tim
Greetings. As you will be able to tell, I'm a CSS rookie. My doubt is, if the body contains all the other containers, why does body { ... } behave different from * { ... }? Aren't properties supposed to cascade? Inheritable properties at least, no? But then I find that body { color:black; } and

Re: [css-d] Universal selector vs. body selector

2009-10-06 Thread Bobby Jack
--- On Tue, 10/6/09, Ezequiel Garzón m...@ezequielgarzon.net wrote: Greetings. As you will be able to tell, I'm a CSS rookie. My doubt is, if the body contains all the other containers, why does body { ... } behave different from * { ... }? Aren't properties supposed to cascade?

Re: [css-d] Universal selector vs. body selector

2009-10-06 Thread Ezequiel Garzón
Thank you all for your replies! They have taught me a lot in very little time. Is it possible to open the default stylesheet? Are settings such as 'a { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }' de facto or formal standards? Cheers, Ezequiel

Re: [css-d] Universal selector vs. body selector

2009-10-06 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Oct 7, 2009, at 4:28 AM, Ezequiel Garzón wrote: Thank you all for your replies! They have taught me a lot in very little time. Is it possible to open the default stylesheet? Are settings such as 'a { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }' de facto or formal standards?