[css2] New phrasing of cascading order.

bert-github · bert-github · commit f7ccfef23a84 · 1998-04-26T23:04:14.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/cascade.src b/css2/cascade.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: cascade.src,v 2.24 1998-04-23 23:10:53 ijacobs Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: cascade.src,v 2.25 1998-04-26 23:04:14 bbos Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Assigning property values, Cascading, and Inheritance</TITLE>
@@ -280,44 +280,48 @@ the same precedence rules apply.
 
 <H3><a name="cascading-order">Cascading order</a></H3>
 
+<!-- Removed concept of "algorithm" [12/4/1998,BB] -->
 <P>To find the value for an element/property combination, user agents
-must apply the following algorithm:</p>
+must apply the following sorting order:</p>
 
 <OL>
     <LI>
       Find all declarations that apply to the element and property in
       question, for the target <a href="media.html">media type</a>.
       Declarations apply if the associated selector <A
-      HREF="selector.html">matches</A> the element in question. If no
-      declarations apply, terminate the algorithm.
+      HREF="selector.html">matches</A> the element in question. <!-- If no
+      declarations apply, terminate the algorithm. -->
 
     <LI>
-      Sort the declarations by weight and origin:  For normal
+      The primary sort of the declarations is by weight and origin:  for normal
       declarations, author style sheets override 
       user style sheets which override the default style sheet. For
       <span class="index-def" title="important">"!important"</span>
       declarations, user style sheets override author style sheets
       which override the default style sheet.
+      "!important" declaration override normal declarations.
       An imported style sheet has the same
       origin as the style sheet that imported it.
 
     <LI>
-      Sort by specificity of selector: more specific selectors will
+      The secondary sort is by specificity of selector: more specific selectors will
       override more general ones. <!-- The definition and calculation
       of specificity depends on the document language (see below). [I
       don't think so. BB]--> 
       Pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes are counted as normal
       elements and classes, respectively.
 
-    <LI> Sort by order specified: if two rules have the same weight,
+    <LI> Finally, sort by order specified: if two rules have the same
+    weight, origin and specificity,
     the latter specified wins. Rules in imported style sheets are
     considered to be before any rules in the style sheet itself.
 </OL>
 
+<!--
 <P>The search for the property value must be terminated when any of
 the above steps yields a rule that has a higher weight than the other
 rules that apply to the same element/property combination.
-
+-->
 <!--
 <P>Note that "!important" may occur in author's and UA's style sheets,
 but only has an effect in the user's style sheets.
