inherit
The inherit
CSS keyword causes the element for which it is specified to take the computed value of the property from its parent element. It can be applied to any CSS property, including the CSS shorthand all
.
For inherited properties, this reinforces the default behavior, and is only needed to override another rule.
Inheritance is always from the parent element in the document tree, even when the parent element is not the containing block.
Examples
Exclude selected elements from a rule
/* Make second-level headers green */
h2 { color: green; }
/* ...but leave those in the sidebar alone so they use their parent's color */
#sidebar h2 { color: inherit; }
In this example the h2
elements inside the sidebar might be different colors. For example, if one of them were the child of a div matched by the rule ...
div#current { color: blue; }
... it would be blue.
Specifications
Specification |
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CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 3 # inherit |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- Inheritance
- Use
initial
to set a property to its initial value. - Use
unset
to set a property to its inherited value if it inherits, or to its initial value if not. - Use
revert
to reset a property to the value established by the user-agent stylesheet (or by user styles, if any exist). - The
all
property lets you reset all properties to their initial, inherited, reverted, or unset state at once.