---
title: all
slug: Web/CSS/all
translation_of: Web/CSS/all
---
<div>{{CSSRef}}</div>

<p>The <code><strong>all</strong></code> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS">CSS</a> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Shorthand_properties">shorthand property</a> sets all of an element's properties (other than {{cssxref("unicode-bidi")}} and {{cssxref("direction")}}) to their initial or inherited values, or to the values specified in another stylesheet origin..</p>

<pre class="brush:css no-line-numbers">/* Global values */
all: initial;
all: inherit;
all: unset;

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

<p>{{cssinfo}}</p>

<h2 id="Syntax">Syntax</h2>

<p>The <code>all</code> property is specified as one of the CSS global keyword values. Note that none of these values affect the {{cssxref("unicode-bidi")}} and {{cssxref("direction")}} properties.</p>

<h3 id="Values">Values</h3>

<dl>
 <dt>{{cssxref("initial")}}</dt>
 <dd>Specifies that all the element's properties should be changed to their <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/initial_value">initial values</a>.</dd>
 <dt>{{cssxref("inherit")}}</dt>
 <dd>Specifies that all the element's properties should be changed to their <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/inheritance">inherited values</a>.</dd>
 <dt>{{cssxref("unset")}}</dt>
 <dd>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.</dd>
 <dt>{{cssxref("revert")}}</dt>
 <dd>Specifies behavior that depends on the stylesheet origin to which the declaration belongs:
 <dl>
  <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Cascade#User-agent_stylesheets">User-agent origin</a></dt>
  <dd>Equivalent to <code>unset</code>.</dd>
  <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Cascade#User_stylesheets">User origin</a></dt>
  <dd>Rolls back the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Cascade">cascade</a> to the user-agent level, so that the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/specified_value">specified values</a> are calculated as if no author-level or user-level rules were specified for the element.</dd>
  <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Cascade#Author_stylesheets">Author origin</a></dt>
  <dd>Rolls back the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Cascade">cascade</a> to the user level, so that the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/specified_value">specified values</a> are calculated as if no author-level rules were specified for the element. For purposes of <code>revert</code>, the Author origin includes the Override and Animation origins.</dd>
 </dl>
 </dd>
</dl>

<h3 id="Formal_syntax">Formal syntax</h3>

{{csssyntax}}

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>

<h3 id="HTML">HTML</h3>

<pre class="brush: html">&lt;blockquote id="quote"&gt;
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Phasellus eget velit sagittis.</pre>

<h3 id="CSS">CSS</h3>

<pre class="brush: css">body {
  font-size: small;
  background-color: #F0F0F0;
  color: blue;
}

blockquote {
  background-color: skyblue;
  color: red;
}
</pre>

<h3 id="Result">Result</h3>

<div id="ex0" style="display: inline-block; width: 225px; vertical-align: top;">
<h4 id="No_all_property">No <code>all</code> property</h4>

<pre class="brush: html hidden">&lt;blockquote id="quote"&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.&lt;/blockquote&gt; Phasellus eget velit sagittis.</pre>

<pre class="brush: css hidden">body { font-size: small; background-color: #F0F0F0; color:blue; }
blockquote { background-color: skyblue;  color: red; }</pre>
{{EmbedLiveSample("ex0", "200", "125")}}

<p>The {{HTMLElement("blockquote")}} uses the browser's default styling together with a specific background and text color. It also behaves as a <em>block</em> element: the text that follows it is beneath it.</p>
</div>

<div id="ex1" style="display: inline-block; width: 225px; vertical-align: top;">
<h4 id="allunset"><code>all:unset</code></h4>

<pre class="brush: html hidden">&lt;blockquote id="quote"&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.&lt;/blockquote&gt; Phasellus eget velit sagittis.</pre>

<pre class="brush: css hidden">body { font-size: small; background-color: #F0F0F0; color:blue; }
blockquote { background-color: skyblue;  color: red; }
blockquote { all: unset; }</pre>
{{EmbedLiveSample("ex1", "200", "125")}}

<p>The {{HTMLElement("blockquote")}} doesn't use the browser default styling: it is an <em>inline</em> element now (initial value), its {{cssxref("background-color")}} is <code>transparent</code> (initial value), but its {{cssxref("font-size")}} is still <code>small</code> (inherited value) and its {{cssxref("color")}} is <code>blue</code> (inherited value).</p>
</div>

<div id="ex2" style="display: inline-block; width: 225px; vertical-align: top;">
<h4 id="allinitial"><code>all:initial</code></h4>

<pre class="brush: html hidden">&lt;blockquote id="quote"&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.&lt;/blockquote&gt; Phasellus eget velit sagittis.</pre>

<pre class="brush: css hidden">body { font-size: small; background-color: #F0F0F0; color:blue; }
blockquote { background-color: skyblue;  color: red; }
blockquote { all: initial; }</pre>
{{EmbedLiveSample("ex2", "200", "125")}}

<p>The {{HTMLElement("blockquote")}} doesn't use the browser default styling: it is an <em>inline</em> element now (initial value), its {{cssxref("background-color")}} is <code>transparent</code> (initial value), its {{cssxref("font-size")}} is <code>normal</code> (initial value) and its {{cssxref("color")}} is <code>black</code> (initial value).</p>
</div>

<div id="ex3" style="display: inline-block; width: 225px; vertical-align: top;">
<h4 id="allinherit"><code>all:inherit</code></h4>

<pre class="brush: html hidden">&lt;blockquote id="quote"&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.&lt;/blockquote&gt; Phasellus eget velit sagittis.</pre>

<pre class="brush: css hidden">body { font-size: small; background-color: #F0F0F0; color:blue; }
blockquote { background-color: skyblue; color: red; }
blockquote { all: inherit; }</pre>
{{EmbedLiveSample("ex3", "200", "125")}}

<p>The {{HTMLElement("blockquote")}} doesn't use the browser default styling: it is a <em>block</em> element now (inherited value from its containing {{HTMLElement("body")}} element), its {{cssxref("background-color")}} is <code>#F0F0F0</code> (inherited value), its {{cssxref("font-size")}} is <code>small</code> (inherited value) and its {{cssxref("color")}} is <code>blue</code> (inherited value).</p>
</div>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{ SpecName('CSS4 Cascade', '#all-shorthand', 'all') }}</td>
   <td>{{ Spec2('CSS4 Cascade') }}</td>
   <td>Added the <code>revert</code> value.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{ SpecName('CSS3 Cascade', '#all-shorthand', 'all') }}</td>
   <td>{{ Spec2('CSS3 Cascade') }}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>



<p>{{Compat("css.properties.all")}}</p>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<p>CSS global keyword values: {{cssxref("initial")}}, {{cssxref("inherit")}}, {{cssxref("unset")}}, {{cssxref("revert")}}</p>