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Craig Grannell

"The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design"

The bidi-override value also
overrides the default Unicode ordering
scheme.
This is a complex subject concerned with
inserting elements of right-to-left text in
blocks of left-to-right text (such as
embedding Arabic or Hebrew in English, or
vice versa). For details about working with
bidirectional text, see www.w3.org/
International/resource-index.
html#bidi.
bidi-override |
embed | normal
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Property Values Description Inherited
width Sets the content width of an element. No
word-spacing length | normal Yes
z-index auto | number No Changes an element??™s position in the stack.
Higher numbers are ???closer??? and lower
numbers are ???further away.??? Negative
values are permitted, but will result in
content not being displayed in some
browsers.
Provides space between words in addition
to the default settings.
See also Chapter 3, ???Setting letter-spacing
and word-spacing.???
auto | length |
percentage
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Basic selectors
This section outlines the most commonly used selectors, along with their syntax. Note that
selectors for pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements are covered in the following two sections,
rather than being duplicated.
Selector type Syntax Description
Universal * Matches any element. Can be used in context
to attach a rule to all elements within
another element (e.g., #sidebar *).
Type element Matches any element of type element.


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