CSS3: Visual QuickStart Guide, Sixth Edition

4. Selective Styling

In This Chapter

The Element Family Tree

Defining Styles Based on Context

Working with Pseudo-Classes

Working with Pseudo-Elements

Defining Styles Based on Tag Attributes

Querying the Media

Inheriting Properties from a Parent

Making a Declaration !important

Determining the Cascade Order

It’s not enough to style a Web page element. The art of CSS—and thus the art of Web design—is the ability to style elements based on their context. You must consider where an element is in the document; which elements surround it; its attributes, ...