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!important
This is a discussion on !important, within the CSS section. This forum and the thread "!important" are both part of the Designing Your Website category.
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 Feb 15 2008, 01:27 PM
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 Master of the Universe  Posts: 1,298 Joined: 15-February 08 From: London, England  |
Any idea what this means?
CODE float: none !important;
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Feb 15 2008, 01:33 PM
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 Squeeze Machine  Posts: 574 Joined: 13-February 08 From: Scotland, UK |
Basically the float:none will be choosen because it is more important than the float:left. Hehe... It's pretty hard to explain!
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Feb 15 2008, 01:42 PM
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 Squeezing Posts: 82 Joined: 14-February 08 From: inside the outside |
all the !important declaration does is increase the specificity to it's highest level, even above inline states
it can also be used as an ie hack, check this : http://www.evolt.org/article/Ten_CSS_trick..._know/17/60369/ item number 4 -------------------- |
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Feb 15 2008, 02:44 PM
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Master of the Universe Posts: 1,298 Joined: 15-February 08 From: London, England |
Ah thats very useful to know. Now I get what is going on.
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Feb 18 2008, 01:55 PM
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 Squeezing Posts: 58 Joined: 13-February 08 From: Squeezin' at the juice bar |
Often, !important is used to draw more attention to a certain style rule. It is given dominance that way, since the browser sees that the rule is important and makes it it's top priority, so to speak. It's just another handy CSS trick
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Feb 18 2008, 02:54 PM
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Squeezing Posts: 82 Joined: 14-February 08 From: inside the outside |
oh yes, remember you only really should use it only once, twice at the most.
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Feb 18 2008, 02:58 PM
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Squeezing Posts: 58 Joined: 13-February 08 From: Squeezin' at the juice bar |
Exactly. Don't go using it a million times and confusing the browser with it all. It's only for things that are really important!
-------------------- Stuart :: Squeeze it up!
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Feb 20 2008, 02:50 AM
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 Squeeze Machine Posts: 733 Joined: 13-February 08 From: Borneo |
I never really use them! Not at this moment
 If you have a complete specific CSS, you might not need them! -------------------- |
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Feb 20 2008, 06:34 PM
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 Rapid Squeezer Posts: 120 Joined: 13-February 08 From: Houston, Texas |
The only reason why they have it is for the world renown IE... But I've only had to use it once or twice with clients because it was being stupid like that in IE.
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