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Style Precedence
When there are multiple bindings to the same class name or style attribute, Angular uses a set of precedence rules to determine which classes or styles to apply to the element. These rules specify an order for which style- and class-related bindings have priority. This styling precedence is as follows, from the most specific with the highest priority to least specific with the lowest priorty:
- Template bindings are the most specific because they apply to the element directly and exclusively, so they have the highest precedence.
Binding type | Example |
---|---|
Property binding | <div [class.foo]="hasFoo"> <div [style.color]="color"> |
Map binding | <div [class]="classExpression"> <div [style]="styleExpression"> |
Static value | <div class="foo"> <div style="color: blue"> |
Binding type | Example |
---|---|
Property binding | host: {'[class.foo]': 'hasFoo'} host: {'[style.color]': 'color'} |
Map binding | host: {'[class]': 'classExpr'} host: {'[style]': 'styleExpr'} |
Static value | host: {'class': 'foo'} host: {'style': 'color: blue'} |
Binding type | Example |
---|---|
Property binding | host: {'[class.foo]': 'hasFoo'} host: {'[style.color]': 'color'} |
Map binding | host: {'[class]': 'classExpression'} host: {'[style]': 'styleExpression'} |
Static value | host: {'class': 'foo'} host: {'style': 'color: blue'} |
Precedence and specificity
In the following example, binding to a specific class, as in [class.special]
, takes precedence over a generic [class]
binding.
Similarly, binding to a specific style, as in [style.color]
, takes precedence over a generic [style]
binding.
Precedence and bindings from different sources
Specificity rules also apply to bindings even when they originate from different sources. An element can have bindings that originate from its own template, from host bindings on matched directives, and from host bindings on matched components.
Precedence of bindings and static attributes
Bindings take precedence over static attributes because they are dynamic.
In the following case, class
and [class]
have similar specificity, but the [class]
binding takes precedence.
{@a styling-delegation}
Delegating to styles with lower precedence
Higher precedence styles can defer to lower precedence styles using undefined
values.
For example, consider the following template:
Imagine that the dirWithHostBinding
directive and the comp-with-host-binding
component both have a [style.width]
host binding.
If dirWithHostBinding
sets its binding to undefined
, the width
property falls back to the value of the comp-with-host-binding
host binding.
If dirWithHostBinding
sets its binding to null
, Angular removes the width
property entirely.