On 05/08/06, Joseph Lorenzini [EMAIL-REMOVED]> wrote: > I have written previously on finding a way to style external links with CSS. > I decided on using a span class which led to the following problem. My > content area is within a DIV called #Content my span class is called > "external". I have (#Content a) for internal links. The span class was for > the external ones, however content a:hover over rides my span class. This > makes no sense to me. According to inheritance rules the closest style > rules. Can anyone explain this? Without seeing the code in context - not really. I'd suspect it has more to do with the cascade (and specificity) then inheritance though. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/cascade.html#specificity -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL-REMOVED]] 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/
