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<p>You do not have to assign styles for certain elements, but they will still be assigned some sort of design. For example, lists “without styles” will look like the following:</p>
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<p>You do not have to assign styles for certain elements, but they will still be assigned some sort of design. For example, lists “without styles” will look like the following:</p>
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<ul><li>First list item,</li>
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<ul><li>First list item,</li>
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<li>Second list item,</li>
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<li>Second list item,</li>
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<li>Third list item.</li>
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<li>Third list item.</li>
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</ul><p>The list has margins and markers, but where do they come from? Is it because the list assigns these properties to itself? No! The design parameters of tags are only described in CSS, and our lists are no exception. So does that mean that there are styles defined somewhere that assign particular margins and markers to the lists? Yes! And these styles are set by the browser. These are the browser’s default styles, which you over-ride when you write your own CSS.</p>
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</ul><p>The list has margins and markers, but where do they come from? Is it because the list assigns these properties to itself? No! The design parameters of tags are only described in CSS, and our lists are no exception. So does that mean that there are styles defined somewhere that assign particular margins and markers to the lists? Yes! And these styles are set by the browser. These are the browser’s default styles, which you over-ride when you write your own CSS.</p>
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<p>Do you recall that we said in the<a>4th assignment</a>that the font size for the body tag is not inherited by headings? This is due to the fact that the font size of headings is explicitly set within the browser’s default styles (and the value that is inherited from the body tag is not needed).</p>
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<p>Do you recall that we said in the<a>4th assignment</a>that the font size for the body tag is not inherited by headings? This is due to the fact that the font size of headings is explicitly set within the browser’s default styles (and the value that is inherited from the body tag is not needed).</p>
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<p>You have significantly expanded your skill set! It’s time to describe them in more detail in the skills section of your blog. Let’s start with the markup, like always. A list of definitions is the most suitable for describing our skill level. At the same, you can see that the dl/dt/dd tags also have default styles.</p>
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<p>You have significantly expanded your skill set! It’s time to describe them in more detail in the skills section of your blog. Let’s start with the markup, like always. A list of definitions is the most suitable for describing our skill level. At the same, you can see that the dl/dt/dd tags also have default styles.</p>