Chapter 3. Structure and the Cascade

Chapter 2 target elements based on their ancestors, attributes, sibling elements, and more. The structural tree is what allows selectors to function and is also central to a similarly crucial aspect of CSS: inheritance.

only inheritance but also the specificity of the declarations, as well as the origin of the declarations themselves. This process of consideration is what's known as the cascade. We will explore the interrelation between these three mechanisms—specificity, inheritance, and the cascade—in this chapter.

Above all, regardless of how abstract things may seem, keep going! Your perseverance will be rewarded.