# CSS: Everything is Global and How to Deal With It

DevFeed: [CSS: Everything is Global and How to Deal With It](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/css-everything-is-global-and-how-to-deal-with-it-29494.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://philipwalton.com/articles/css-everything-is-global-and-how-to-deal-with-it/>)

Published: 2013-03-26T03:21:57Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Philip Walton](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/philip-walton.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [web applications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-applications.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains that CSS rules are global and can conflict across a web application or development team. It discusses strategies for managing this scope and notes that emerging CSS specifications may provide real encapsulation in the future.

## Source excerpt

Everything in CSS is global. Every line you write has the potential to conflict with every other line. Because of this, CSS is often the hardest part of scaling any Web application or working on a development team.