> 20 juni 2017 kl. 12:05 skrev Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com>:
> 
> I chose to go with -*-appearance: unset; because I am able to turn it back on 
> say on an individual page.
> With !important, I have to override and override and override and can't just 
> simply remove the !important.
> Well, not that I have found. 
> 
> Is there a way to remove original !important statements from an element 
> without using !important?
> Heck, even with jQuery you have to override with !important. Just messy IMO.
> 
> 
>> On Jun 20, 2017, at 4:09 AM, Philip Taylor (RHBNC) <p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
>>> Hi Philip,
>>> At the time I didn't think to use !important (I try to avoid like the 
>>> plague) but yes,
>>> putting the !important let my borders and shading work without using 
>>> -webkit-appearance:unset;
>> Excellent news.  I completely agree with you that one should eschew 
>> !important as a matter of course, but I think that if all else fails it can 
>> be worth a try.
>> Philip Taylor


I don’t really understand why a using a higher specificity isn’t the best tool 
in this context. Is there a specific reason this won’t work? My apologies if 
this have already been covered.
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