CSS initial Keyword
Example
Set the text color of the <div> element to red, but keep the initial color for <h1> elements:
div {
color: red;
}
h1 {
color: initial;
}
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Definition and Usage
The initial keyword is used to set a CSS property to its default value.
The initial keyword can be used for any CSS property, and on any HTML element.
| Version: | CSS3 |
|---|---|
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.property="initial" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the initial keyword.
| Keyword | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initial | 1.0 | Not supported | 19.0 | 1.2 | 15.0 |
CSS Syntax
property: initial;
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