@@ -457,44 +457,16 @@ Used Values</h3>
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As another example, a <code> <div></code> might have a computed 'break-before' value of ''auto'' ,
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but acquire a used 'break-before' value of ''break-before/page'' by propagation from its first child. [[css-break-3]]
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- If a property does not <dfn id ="applies-to" lt="apply to | applies to">apply to</dfn>
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+ If a property does not <dfn lt ="applies to | apply to">apply to</dfn>
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this element or box type--
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as noted in its “Applies to” line--
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- then it has no direct formatting effect on that type of box or element,
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+ then does not take effect on that type of box or element,
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and therefore has no <a>used value</a> for that property.
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<p class='example'>
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For example, the 'flex' property has no <a>used value</a>
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on elements that aren't <a>flex items</a> .
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- <div class=note>
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- Note: Some properties that do not apply to certain elements or boxes
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- may still have <em> indirect</em> formatting effects:
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- their computed value may be taken into account
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- in the computation of other properties or units
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- that do have an effect on the element or box;
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- inherited properties are also often set on elements
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- that they don't apply to
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- in order to get them to inherit into descendants to which they do apply,
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- including cases where these descendants are anonymous boxes.
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-
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- <div class=example>
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- Even though 'writing-mode' and 'text-orientation' do not apply to table rows,
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- setting them on such boxes
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- will still affect the calculation of font relative units such as ''ch'' ,
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- and thus possibly any property that takes a <<length>> .
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- </div>
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- <div class=example>
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- Setting 'text-transform' on an HTML <{p}> element
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- (which is ''display: block'' by default)
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- will have an effect,
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- even though 'text-transform' only applies to [=inline boxes=] ,
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- because the property inherits
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- into the paragraph's anonymous [=root inline box=] .
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- </div>
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- </div>
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Note: A property defined to apply to “all elements”
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applies to all elements and [=display types=] ,
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but not necessarily to all [=pseudo-element=] types,
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