---
title: CSS inherited properties cheatsheet
shortTitle: Inherited properties
type: cheatsheet
tags: css,layout
author: chalarangelo
cover: blog_images/half-trees.jpg
excerpt: A quick reference for inherited CSS properties.
firstSeen: 2022-11-20T05:00:00-04:00
---

The [CSS specification](https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/propidx.html) clearly states which CSS properties are inherited but the related appendix is not the most user-friendly resource. Here's a quick reference of the inherited properties that you are most likely to run into:

- `border-collapse`
- `border-spacing`
- `caption-side`
- `color`
- `cursor`
- `direction`
- `empty-cells`
- `font-family`
- `font-size`
- `font-style`
- `font-variant`
- `font-weight`
- `font-size-adjust`
- `font-stretch`
- `font`
- `letter-spacing`
- `line-height`
- `list-style-image`
- `list-style-position`
- `list-style-type`
- `list-style`
- `orphans`
- `quotes`
- `tab-size`
- `text-align`
- `text-align-last`
- `text-decoration-color`
- `text-indent`
- `text-justify`
- `text-shadow`
- `text-transform`
- `visibility`
- `white-space`
- `widows`
- `word-break`
- `word-spacing`
- `word-wrap`