Css stylesheet issue...

[smileylanz]

I use an external stylesheet, and th font for everything is tahoma size 10. This works fine for general text, hyperlinks and input boxes, however when I have text in a table, it turns out size 12! Even if I manually select that text and set it to 10, whenever I view the site it is size 12!!

[Wullie]

at the top of your stylesheet inset this

 td { 
   font: 10px tahoma, arial, verdana, sans-serif;
   }

That will apply the font to every table cell. Tables do not allow styles to cascade into them that is why the style is breaking when you create a table.

[Egor]

That will apply the font to every table cell. Tables do not allow styles to cascade into them that is why the style is breaking when you create a table.

Amazing. I never knew that... Guess it shows just how many tables I use.

[smileylanz]

oh wow thank you so much!!!

[Paul O'B]

Tables do not allow styles to cascade into them that is why the style is breaking when you create a table.

Not quite true as IE6 in standards mode is fine as are other browers in standards mode. Its ie6 in quirks mode and ie5/5.5. that are the main culprits although opera without a doctype emulates ie's behavior (and the broken box model).

Have a look here for some more:

http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/4928

Paul