On Using Reset Styles
May 2nd, 2007 by Jonathan KempI don’t usually do link posts, but I thought in this instance it was worth mentioning. I recently discovered 2 posts on Eric Meyer’s blog dealing with reset styles. So what are reset styles and why do we need to use them? For that, read Eric’s post, Reset Reasoning. In this post, Reset Reloaded, Eric lists exactly what his reset styles are so you can use them.
I think that Eric is right in using them. It does seem like reset styles are a better alternative than using a universal selector to remove margins and padding because, as Eric says, the universal selector removes padding and margins from everything. There are some cases where you might not want to do this, such as form elements.
I think I am going to give reset styles a try. How about you?
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May 17th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Yea I saw that post too…not that I disagree too much with his idea but I think it’s easier just to reset everything at one time. Different browsers apply their different amounts of margins and padding to elements. Generally they are probably pretty close but I feel better setting my own styles on everything myself. Guess it’s just a personal preference.