Web/CSS/all

The all shorthand CSS property resets all of an element's properties except unicode-bidi, direction, and CSS Custom Properties. It can set properties to their initial or inherited values, or to the values specified in another stylesheet origin.

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Syntax

/* Global values */
all: initial;
all: inherit;
all: unset;

/* CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 4 */
all: revert;

The all property is specified as one of the CSS global keyword values. Note that none of these values affect the unicode-bidi and direction properties.

Values

initial

Specifies that all the element's properties should be changed to their initial values.

inherit

Specifies that all the element's properties should be changed to their inherited values.

unset

Specifies that all the element's properties should be changed to their inherited values if they inherit by default, or to their initial values if not.

revert

Specifies behavior that depends on the stylesheet origin to which the declaration belongs:

User-agent origin

Equivalent to unset.

User origin

Rolls back the cascade to the user-agent level, so that the specified values are calculated as if no author-level or user-level rules were specified for the element.

Author origin

Rolls back the cascade to the user level, so that the specified values are calculated as if no author-level rules were specified for the element. For purposes of revert, the Author origin includes the Override and Animation origins.

Formal definition

Initial value	There is no practical initial value for it.
Applies to	all elements
Inherited	no
Computed value	as the specified value applies to each property this is a shorthand for.
Animation type	as each of the properties of the shorthand (all properties but unicode-bidi and direction)

Formal syntax

initial | inherit | unset | revert

Examples

HTML

<blockquote id="quote">
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
</blockquote>
Phasellus eget velit sagittis.

CSS

body {
  font-size: small;
  background-color: #F0F0F0;
  color: blue;
}

blockquote {
  background-color: skyblue;
  color: red;
}

Result

No all property

<blockquote id="quote">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</blockquote> Phasellus eget velit sagittis.

body { font-size: small; background-color: #F0F0F0; color:blue; }
blockquote { background-color: skyblue;  color: red; }

The <blockquote> uses the browser's default styling together with a specific background and text color. It also behaves as a block element: the text that follows it is beneath it.

all:unset

<blockquote id="quote">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</blockquote> Phasellus eget velit sagittis.

body { font-size: small; background-color: #F0F0F0; color:blue; }
blockquote { background-color: skyblue;  color: red; }
blockquote { all: unset; }

The <blockquote> doesn't use the browser default styling: it is an inline element now (initial value), its background-color is transparent (initial value), but its font-size is still small (inherited value) and its color is blue (inherited value).

all:initial

<blockquote id="quote">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</blockquote> Phasellus eget velit sagittis.

body { font-size: small; background-color: #F0F0F0; color:blue; }
blockquote { background-color: skyblue;  color: red; }
blockquote { all: initial; }

The <blockquote> doesn't use the browser default styling: it is an inline element now (initial value), its background-color is transparent (initial value), its font-size is normal (initial value) and its color is black (initial value).

all:inherit

<blockquote id="quote">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</blockquote> Phasellus eget velit sagittis.

body { font-size: small; background-color: #F0F0F0; color:blue; }
blockquote { background-color: skyblue; color: red; }
blockquote { all: inherit; }

The <blockquote> doesn't use the browser default styling: it is a block element now (inherited value from its containing <body> element), its background-color is #F0F0F0 (inherited value), its font-size is small (inherited value) and its color is blue (inherited value).

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 4The definition of 'all' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Added the revert value.
CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 3The definition of 'all' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
all	Chrome Full support 37	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 27	IE No support No	Opera Full support 24	Safari Full support 9.1	WebView Android Full support 37	Chrome Android Full support 37	Firefox Android Full support 27	Opera Android Full support 24	Safari iOS Full support 9.3	Samsung Internet Android Full support 3.0
revert	Chrome Full support 84	Edge Full support 84	Firefox Full support 67	IE No support No	Opera Full support 70	Safari Full support 9.1	WebView Android Full support 84	Chrome Android Full support 84	Firefox Android Full support 67	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS Full support 9.3	Samsung Internet Android No support No

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

See also

CSS global keyword values: initial, inherit, unset, revert

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