CSS inherit question?

[jonmullen]

I saw someone use inherit in their CSS sheet like so:

.foo{
backgroung: inherit;
}

I assume it just inherits the property from a source up the chain (like inline could inherit form linked). My question is what is the point of this, wont it inhert automatically, why use this?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Some things will inherit, some things won't. IIRC, a table won't inherit background color from body.

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/cascade.html#value-def-inherit

 

[jonmullen]

thanks I was just a little confused about what the point of it was...its seemed like it went aginst the basic design of CSS