css 101 question

[ppcguy]

seems like attribute settings are context sensitive.

for example, i can set the background-color of
a COL element - but not the border settings.

can someone point me to a site that clarifies these
context sensitive rules.

thanks.

 

[Safalra]

seems like attribute settings are context sensitive.

for example, i can set the background-color of
a COL element - but not the border settings.

can someone point me to a site that clarifies these
context sensitive rules.

I'm not quite sure what you mean here, but the CSS specification is
very readable and should help things make sense:

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/

 

[David Håsäther]

seems like attribute settings are context sensitive.

for example, i can set the background-color of
a COL element - but not the border settings.

can someone point me to a site that clarifies these
context sensitive rules.

Only four properties applies to COL and COLGROUP, and sometimes only
under certain conditions.
See http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#q4

 

[Neredbojias]

With neither quill nor qualm, ppcguy quothed:

seems like attribute settings are context sensitive.

for example, i can set the background-color of
a COL element - but not the border settings.

can someone point me to a site that clarifies these
context sensitive rules.

Columns don't have borders, cells do.