> repeatedly reposting the same comment And the idea is clear already. Use "!important", but use it with care... Simple and clear...
---- Read jQuery HowTo Resource - http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 12:16 AM, johny why <johny...@gmail.com> wrote: > > jquery Lover, let go of what? this technique? this thread? or my > repeatedly removing and reposting the same post, because you get an > email alert every time? > > > On Jan 17, 11:10 am, jQuery Lover <ilovejqu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> OFFTOP: >> >> Johny, just let it go already... :))) >> >> ---- >> Read jQuery HowTo Resource - http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com >> >> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 12:07 AM, johny why <johny...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > right, Klaus, specificity resolves conflicts. >> >> > if your main site css uses !important on any element which conflicts >> > with your candy css, that would create a conflict in your candy, which >> > MIGHT resolve in favor of the site's css-- causing your candy to >> > display wrong! >> >> > fortunately, !important seems to be used rarely, so such a conflict is >> > unlikely to arise—and even then, there's a 50% chance the candy css >> > will win! >> >> > if, by rare chance, your site's css has a conflicting !important which >> > overpowers the candy css, then you might be able to override it with >> > some javascript and getOverrideStyle. (or, runtimeStyle is an IE-only >> > option) >> >> > w3.org states: >> > "getOverrideStyle method provides a mechanism through which a DOM >> > author could effect immediate change to the style of an element >> > without modifying the explicitly linked style sheets of a document or >> > the inline style of elements in the style sheets. This style sheet >> > comes after the author style sheet in the cascade algorithm and is >> > called override style sheet. The override style sheet takes precedence >> > over author style sheets. An "!important" declaration still takes >> > precedence over a normal declaration. Override, author, and user style >> > sheets all may contain "!important" declarations. User "!important" >> > rules take precedence over both override and author "!important" >> > rules, and override "!important" rules take precedence over author "! >> > important" rules." >> >http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Style-20001113/css.html#CSS... >> >> > in other words, an "override" style marked "!important" is the CSS of >> > highest-precedence, in the CSS-hierarchy. >> >> > if your candy's css has conflicting declarations WITHIN ITSELF, then, >> > unless it's a bug in the candy, it's a conflict intended, by the candy >> > designer, to be resolved by specificity-- and applying !important to >> > ALL elements within the candy will have no effect on the intended >> > behavior of the candy—other than the joyful benefit of insulating your >> > candy from the site's css!
