Check to see where your print.css sheet is linked in your head area flow. It should come last like this for example. <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="main.css"> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="print.css" media="print">
Barrett On Dec 31, 2008, at 1:07 PM, Angela French wrote: > Yikes! Just tried your suggestion, but then I would have to style > every element in my print.css file. > I think I'll just stick with the !important where I need it. > > Angela French > > > On 31/12/08 17:50, Angela French wrote: >> I am creating a print style sheet (media="print"). Most of the >> declarations in the style sheet are requiring !important in order >> to take effect. >> My print.css style sheet is the last to be loaded by the browser >> (last in the list of linked style sheets). Can anyone tell me why >> it is necessary for me to add the !important declaration in order >> for the style to take effect? > > It sounds like you have targeted the earlier stylesheets at all media > types. Try setting them to media="screen". > > -- > Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
