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○CSS Rule Demo: Style an Exhibit Card○Exercise: Write Your First CSS Rule○CSS Selectors Demo: Target Exhibit Details○Exercise: Target Exhibit Details○Apply CSS Demo: Three Sources○Exercise: Apply CSS Three Ways●Specificity Demo: Resolve a Style Conflict○Exercise: Resolve Specificity✦Module Quiz
○Color Palette Demo○Color Palette Exercise○Background Layer Demo○Background Layer Exercise○Type Rhythm Demo○Type Rhythm Exercise○Borders and Shadows Demo○Exercise: Borders and Shadows✦Module Quiz
○Box Model Demo: Seed Packet Card○Exercise: Space a Seed Packet○Display Demo: Swap Table Labels○Exercise: Arrange Swap Table Labels○Positioning Demo: Pickup Pin○Exercise: Pin the Pickup Location○Sizing and Overflow Demo○Exercise: Size a Seed-Swap Notice✦Module Quiz
○Advanced Selectors Demo: Book Cart Sign○Exercise: Target a Book Cart Sign○Pseudo-Classes Demo: Night Cart States○Exercise: Style Night Cart States○Pseudo-Elements Demo○Exercise: Add a Book-Quote Mark
○Lantern Market navigation demo○Lantern Market navigation exercise
○Community garden request card demo○Community garden request card exercise
○Flex Direction Demo○Exercise: Flex Direction○Main-Axis Spacing Demo○Exercise: Main-Axis Spacing○Cross-Axis Alignment Demo○Exercise: Cross-Axis Alignment○Wrapping and Flex Items Demo○Exercise: Wrapping and Flex Items○Flexbox Navigation Demo○Exercise: Flexbox Navigation
○Grid Tracks Demo○Exercise: Grid Tracks○Grid Gaps Demo○Exercise: Grid Gaps○Grid Placement Demo○Exercise: Grid Placement○Responsive Grid Demo○Exercise: Responsive Grid
○River radio schedule demo○River radio schedule exercise
○Field note color system demo○Field note color system exercise○Transforms Demo○Exercise: Rotate a Field Note
○Kite festival signal demo○Kite festival signal exercise
○Garden forecast demo○Harbor forecast exercise○Fluid sizing demo○Fluid weather bulletin exercise✦Module Quiz
○Seed inventory table demo○Tool checkout table exercise✦Module Quiz
○Community maker profile demo○Maker profile sheet exercise✦Module Quiz

Specificity Demo: Resolve a Style Conflict

Mission

Three rules style the same museum note. The browser resolves their conflicting color values with selector specificity.

What you'll see

One note with three matching rules; the ID rule controls its final green color.

Read the code

css
p { color: gray; }
.highlight { color: orange; }
#intro { color: green; }

Try the preview

Run the completed page. Change .highlight to blue; the note stays green because #intro is more specific. Then change #intro and observe the final color change. Restore the original values before continuing.

Checkpoint

All three selectors match the same paragraph. #intro is an ID selector, which outranks the class and element selectors here; its color: green wins. This demo is already complete.

Next

Continue to Exercise: Resolve Specificity and reproduce the idea from a starter file.

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This completed example is for reading and previewing before the exercise.

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