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abrahams@a... wrote: > > The core syntax of CSS2 (Sec. 4.1.1 of the spec) specifies that the > selector in a ruleset is optional. The syntax in Appendix D says the > same thing, but more elaborately. Can anyone explain the rationale > behind making the selector optional, or what the effect is of a ruleset > without a selector? These two rules are identical in effect, one has no selector: * { font-family: Garamond } { font-family: Garamond } Think of the selector as a filter, that screens out non-matching elements. If there is no selector, all elements are matched. -- Chris xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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