I was going to ask why that is as it seems counterintuitive at first glance. Instead, I Googled it and found the following (excellent) answer at StackOverflow:

I was going to ask why that is as it seems counterintuitive at first glance. Instead, I Googled it and found the following (excellent) answer at StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5797014/why-do-browsers-match-css-selectors-from-right-to-left http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5797014/why-do-browsers-m... I'm just provided the link here in case anyone else was wondering the same thing.