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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Selectors Class Selectors

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Order of operations

So, I noticed that there was a property listed two ways:

border-bottom: 10px solid lightgrey;

and

border-bottom solid 10px lightgrey;

Both worked. Is there a convention that is followed in terms of listing the values?

Thanks,

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Ethan Ede
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Ethan Ede
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On W3C, they indicate the properties should be set in the following order: border-width, border-style, and border-color. However, on MDN, they indicate that shorthand properties try not to force a specific order for the values of the properties they replace. This works well when these properties use values of different types, as the order has no importance, but you can run into problems when several properties can have identical values, e.g. margin and padding with top, right, bottom and left properties.

Also of interest: it does not matter if one of the values are missing, e.g. border: solid #ff0000; is allowed.

More info from MDN on shorthand properties can be found here.

Good coding, and hope this was helpful!

Jason Anello
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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
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Hey Dominic,

There is really no specified order. The three properties can be listed any order and one or two can even be omitted. See the MDN Docs.

In my personal opinion, I like the border-bottom: 10px solid lightgrey; order, and from what I've seen, it seem to be the most popular order.

Keep coding! :dizzy:

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Thank you both for the great answer and especially the resources. I will start being more diligent about checking on MDN. It seems like a treasure trove of info!