even shorter:

TD {background-color: #F2F2B3}
TD.top1 {background-image: URL(graphics/top1.gif) }
TD.left, TD.right {background-image: URL(graphics/legalpad_05.gif) }



-----Original Message-----
From: David Meadows [mailto:david(at)heroes.force9.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 2:12 PM
To: hwg-style(at)hwg.org
Subject: Re: Tables, backgrounds, HTML4, and, of course, style sheets...


Jim <webmaster(at)thedigitalpage.com> wrote:

> I'm using these classes to use a background graphic in cells on my site:
>
> TD.top1 {background-color: #F2F2B3;
>                  background-image: URL(graphics/top1.gif) }
>
> TD.left {background-color: #F2F2B3;
>                  background-image: URL(graphics/legalpad_05.gif) }
>
> TD.right        {background-color: #F2F2B3;
>                  background-image: URL(graphics/legalpad_05a.gif) }
>
> Seems to work fine in NS / IE on both Mac / Windows. I know part of this
is
> repetitious[...]

If you want to cut out some repetition, try this:

TD {background-color: #F2F2B3}
TD.top1 {background-image: URL(graphics/top1.gif) }
TD.left {background-image: URL(graphics/legalpad_05.gif) }
TD.right {background-image: URL(graphics/legalpad_05a.gif) }

This will apply the background colour to all the TD elements and then apply
the background images to the three specific classes.

TD.top1, TD.left, and TD.right will "inherit" any styles you apply generally
to TD, plus they will also use any styles specifically applied to them. If
there are ever any conflicts, the specific styles take precedence.


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David Meadows [ Technical Writer | Information Developer ]
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 I will not Reason and Compare: my business is to Create"
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