CSS "unset" / "initial" in Internet Explorer

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Fernando Gabrieli picture Fernando Gabrieli · May 21, 2014 · Viewed 20.6k times · Source

Is there anything similar to 

background-color: unset;

or

background-color: initial;

that is supported in Internet Explorer?

(before thinking in using javascript)

Answer

Niek picture Niek · May 2, 2015

According to MDN, the initial value for background-color is background-color: transparent;. You could try to use that.

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