Using CSS Problem

Question

Why do I have to use class selector and not a type selector?
<mx:Style>
Label {
fontSize: 16px;
fontWeight: bold;
.test {
fontSize: 16px;
fontWeight: bold;
</mx:Style>
<mx:Label text="Test" styleName="test"/>
If I remove the styleName property telling the label to use
the .test
class, the label it NOT styled and I can not see why. I don't
want to
have to put classes on all my labels, I want them to be
defined as a type.

Answer 1

A simple test example showing what I am experiencing. Why
should the
text controls be inheriting the Label styling?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="vertical">
<mx:Style>
Label {
fontSize: 16px;
fontWeight: bold;
color: red;
.label {
color: green;
</mx:Style>
<mx:Label text="Type Selector"/>
<mx:Text text="Just a text control"/>
<mx:Label text="Class Selector" styleName="label"/>
<mx:Text text="Another text control"/>
</mx:Application>