By Louis Lazaris / February 16, 2012 / 12 Comments Updated: August 7, 2022 When declaring certain CSS properties, you have the option to use either the longhand, explicit declaration of a single CSS property, or a single-line shorthand declaration that combines a number of properties. Let’s look at how shorthand works with some common examples, and I’ll try to explain some of the quirks associated
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