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vamosrope14
14,932 PointsDo media queries have the greatest specificity on a CSS stylesheet?
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3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsMedia queries are customarily located last in the CSS, so the rules in them override any rules above them with the same specificity because of source order.
The media query itself doesn't have a specificity, but the rules inside it each have their own.
vamosrope14
14,932 Points.
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsI amended my answer to clarify that the rules have the specificity, which is based on their selectors.
vamosrope14
14,932 Points.
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsThat's why I said the rules in the media query "override any rules above them with the same specificity".