CSS inheritance with percents

[4midori]

I have a table with class DE:

.DE
{ font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:75%;
}


and I want my form fields to be 85% of default, so inside the table i have:

<input type="text" class="Regular" name="blat">

.Regular {
font-size:85%;
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: black;
background:#F9FADF; }

The problem is my form fields are 85% of 75%, because they are further modifying the DE class. How do I make them simply 85%?

Please advise, thanks.

[randem]

use {font-size: 110%} instead, no?

[beetle]

maybe.....

table.DE
{ font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:75%;
}

input.Regular, textarea.Regular, select.Regular {
font-size:85%;
font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: black;
background:#F9FADF; }

If not...then I suppose you could site it back up by using 113%

[vgarcia]

Why percentages for font size? Why not em or points? I prefer em.

--Vinnie

[4midori]

I use percentages because they allow the user to scale text in IE. I know that percentages can be a problem on some browsers.

Isn't there a way in style sheet to specify inheritance, something like:

.DE>.Regular { something something }

[randem]

Originally posted by 4midori
I use percentages because they allow the user to scale text in IE. I know that percentages can be a problem on some browsers.

The em unit of measure also allows scaling, and it's better to use, because your percents are only percentage of the default size, whereas 1em is 1em on all machines.

Isn't there a way in style sheet to specify inheritance, something like:

.DE>.Regular { something something }

In the example you provide, anything with a class="regular" which is a child of something with a class="de" will have the something style.

Child elements are direct, first-generation descendants. If you want to get all descendants, use a space instead of a greater-than symbol.

[4midori]

Thanks, I've considered ems to. I've tried all, but found that % works the best.Is there an FAQ somewhere that compares ems, pts, px and %?