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> you "can" apply any css property to any element

right, but if i understand correctly, only some of them are relevant / do anything - right?

>i think your best bet is to play around with it.

maybe, but I really dont like learning that way (which is why im not enjoying CSS at all so far..). i'd much rather just read the reference guide.

i'm use to using a language reference, so that for any object/component I can quickly lookup the properties / styles applicable to it. Does such a thing for CSS not exist?




> right, but if i understand correctly, only some of them are relevant / do anything - right?

only because there is default behavior, which you can typically override. you can apply any css to <html> to movie it around and style it like a <div>, but you can't do that to <script>.




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