Find all declarations that contain a selector that matches a given element.

Sort by explicit weight all declarations applying to the element. Those rules marked !important are given greater weight than those that are not. Also, sort by origin all declarations applying to a given element. There are three origins: author, reader, and user agent. Under normal circumstances, the author’s styles win out over the reader’s styles. !important reader styles are stronger than any other styles, including !important author styles. Both author and reader styles override the user agent’s default styles.

Sort by specificity all declarations applying to a given element. Those elements with a higher specificity have more weight than those with lower specificity.

Sort by order all declarations applying to a given element. The later a declaration appears in a style sheet or a document, the more weight it is given. Declarations that appear in an imported style sheet are considered to come before all declarations within the style sheet that imports them.