Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, 2nd ...

Chapter 4: The Cascade and InheritanceFigure 4-6cIn Figure 4-6, you see the same example as you saw in Figure 4-4 — two selectors for elements with differentbackground declarations. In Figure 4-4, the last selector won because both selectors have the samespecificity. In Figure 4-6, the first selector includes the !important syntax, which causes the cascade to beoverridden, and thus makes the background of both elements in the XHTML document lightblue.The !important rule also takes precedence over the style attribute. Figure 4-7 is an example of this.Figure 4-7aThe CSS in Figure 4-7a is combined with the markup in Figure 4-7b.Figure 4-7b119