On Sep 7, 4:00 pm, bsmither <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a need to debug CSS-derived displays. The issue can be asked, > "Why is that CSS rule taking priority over this rule?"
What is a "priority"? > > It would help me if somehow the right-hand CSS frame of the HTML panel > would indicate in some fashion the priority score the browser assigns > to it. What is a 'priority score'? > > Also, as a bonus, a click on the score would delineate exactly how > that score was achieved in terms of specificity (or whatever). > > Also, as *really* special bonus, drag-n-drop (copy) a low-priority CSS > rule above a higher priority rule and automatically rewrite the > selector with the proper specificity. (I know this is badly expressed, > but maybe a think-tank can make something of it.) I guess you mean: "write a selector to match an element"? That is easy, but sadly useless: the key value of CSS is abstraction. So the feature you really want is "write a selector that matches this element in a way consistent with the abstraction adopted in the rest of the CSS". That is hard! jjb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
