CSS | @import rule

The @import rule is used to import one style sheet into another style sheet. This rule also support media queries so that the user can import the media-dependent style sheet. The @import rule must be declared at the top of the document after any @charset declaration.

Syntax:

@import url|string list-of-mediaqueries;

Property Values:

url|string: A url or a string represents the location of the resource to be imported. The url may be relative or absolute
list-of-mediaqueries: The list of media queries condition the application of the CSS rules defined in the linked URL

Example: Consider the two CSS files as shown below.

icss.css

@import url("i1css.css");
h1 {
    color: #00ff00;
}

i1css.css

h1 {
   text-decoration: underline;
   font-size:60px;
}

p {
   padding-left: 20px;
   font-size: 60px;
}

Link the first CSS file icss.css in the below HTML file and see the output.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <title>WebPage</title>

    <link href="icss.css" rel="stylesheet">

</head>
 
<body>

    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

    <p>A computer science portal for geeks</p>

</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers:The browsers supported by @import rule are listed below:

Google Chrome 1 and above
Edge 12 and above
Firefox 1 and above
Safari 1 and above
Opera 3.5 and above

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