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Webmaster Forum / HTML, CSS, Scripts / CSS / February 2005Why doesn't !important work here?
Why doesn't the red color override the gray in this example: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Untitled</title> </head> <body> <font color="#FF0000" style="color: Red !important;"><FONT color="#E0E0E0" size=4>SIGN UP FOR FREE TODAY - bad link 02/22/05</FONT></font> </body> </html> Thanks, Brett >Why doesn't the red color override the gray in this example: Why should it? !important places the relevant rule higher up in the cascade, it does not turn off inheritence. ><font color="#FF0000" style="color: Red !important;"><FONT > color="#E0E0E0" size=4>SIGN UP FOR FREE TODAY - bad link > 02/22/05</FONT></font> What horrible code. strong {color: red; background: white; font-size: larger; font-weight: normal;} <strong>SIGN UP FOR FREE TODAY - bad link 02/22/05</strong> Steve  Signature"My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net> <http://steve.pugh.net/> >>Why doesn't the red color override the gray in this example: > >Why should it? !important places the relevant rule higher up in the >cascade, it does not turn off inheritence. I don't mean turn off inheritence, do I? I mean it doesn't create some sort of super-inheritence. Steve Signature"My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net> <http://steve.pugh.net/> > Why doesn't the red color override the gray in this example: URL? Browser? Answer: you tested using broken browser. Important is not even needed. Do not use transitional with CSS if you ant to get correct results using broken browsers. SignatureLauri Raittila <http://www.iki.fi/lr> <http://www.iki.fi/zwak/fonts> Utrecht, NL. > Why doesn't the red color override the gray in this example: > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <title>Untitled</title> > </head> > <body> > <font color="#FF0000" style="color: Red !important;"><FONT > color="#E0E0E0" size=4>SIGN UP FOR FREE TODAY - bad link > 02/22/05</FONT></font> > </body> > </html> > Thanks, > Brett <font-color:#FF0000;> <font size="4"> <font-size:4;> ><font-color:#FF0000;> ><font size="4"> ><font-size:4;> One out of those three is valid HTML. The other two are some sort of bizarre melding of HTML and CSS syntax. Now please explain how your three lines of rubbish pseudo-code is supposed to help the OP? O Steve Signature"My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net> <http://steve.pugh.net/> <snip> > <font-color:#FF0000;> > <font size="4"> > <font-size:4;> Richard FONT is an old HTML 3.2 tag, depreciated in 4.0 and the syntax was <FONT FACE="SomeFontName" COLOR="RED" SIZE="4>...</FONT> But don't do this! Time to buy a NEW book ... and read it. SignatureTake care, Jonathan ------------------- LITTLE WORKS STUDIO http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com |
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