actual value

Summary

The actual value of a CSS property is the used value after all approximations have been applied. For example; a user agent may only be able to render borders with a integer pixel value and may be forced to approximate the computed width of the border.

Specifications

• CSS 2.1 Assigning property values #actual-value

See also

• CSS Reference
• CSS Key Concepts: CSS syntax, specificity and inheritance, the box and visual formatting models, and margin collapsing, or the initial, computed, used and actual values. Definitions of shorthand properties.