[WEB4LIB] Combining classes with CSS

[Kevin W. Bishop]

I don't know if it's "legal" to combine classes in a single element, but why?

Perhaps I am reading too much into your example? Is it simplified for the 
sake of argument, because I don't see how a class with a single attribute 
or set of like attributes is advantageous at all?

It seems to me the definition of a class with only one (set of) 
attribute(s) undermines the purpose of the cascade in style sheets.

Slightly confused, as always,
-kb

At 01:40 PM 3/13/2002 -0800, you wrote:

>What's the prevailing temperature on referencing more than one CSS class
>at the same time.
>Is this legal? Ill-advised?
>
>Example. Let's say I have several classes like:
>
>.emphasis1{ color: red; background-color: #FFFFFF;}
>.bold{ font-weight: bold;}
>.marginmedium{ margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 2em;}
>
>Can I mix and match these in the html like
>p class="emphasis1 marginmedium"
>or
>p class="bold emphasis1"
>or the whole enchilada
>p class="emphasis1 marginmedium bold"

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