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To replace inherited style properties, you need to add a more specific CSS rule for that (type of)
element. In case of a conflict between a general rule and a more specific rule, the more specific
rule will be applied.
The following diagram shows the order of specificity.
Rules for HTML elements (p, table, li etc.) are general rules. Rules for classes, pseudo classes,
and elements with a certain attribute (.class, :hover, [target]) are more specific. Rules for
elements with a certain ID are even more specific. The most specific are inline styles.
Example
Assuming that a table has the CSS property "color: red" (which colors text in the cells red), a
more specific rule for cells in that table could be, for example:
l A rule for the text color of all table cells (td elements), for example: td { color:
green; }.
l A rule for the text color of table cells with a certain class, for example .green {
color: green; }.
l A rule for the text color of a table cell with a certain ID, for example: #greentext {
color: green; }.
l An inline style rule (local formatting) added to the HTML tag of a particular table cell, for
example: <td style="color: green;">...</td>.
Each of these rules is more specific than the previous rules. All of these rules are more specific
than the rule that applies to the table as a whole.
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