Hi Jeff, it's not working because the selector "#right a" has a higher specificity than ".download-file". I'm assuming that those images are also inside the #right element, then you should use:
#right a.download-file { border-bottom: none; } Hope that helps On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Gates, Jeff wrote: > I have applied a style to my links with this css: > > #right a:link {text-decoration: none; > border-bottom: dotted 1px #666;} > #right a:visited {text-decoration: none; > border-bottom: dotted 1px #666;} > #right a:hover {text-decoration: none; > border-bottom: dotted 1px #666;} > #right a:active {text-decoration: none; > border-bottom: dotted 1px #666;} > > This puts a nice dotted line under each link. This looks nice for text but I > don't want it showing under my image links. I've tried all sorts of ways of > styling image links without the border-bottom but the dotted line always > shows up. > > The class of one subset of image links is "download-file". I've tried styling > that like this: > .download-file {text-decoration: none; border-bottom: none; } and various > variants like: > .download-file a {text-decoration: none; border-bottom: none;} plus others. > But none seem to override the #right a styles. > > Here's the code that surrounds such an image (this code is being generated by > the cms from a database): > <div class="item-file image-jpeg"><a class="download-file" > href="/omeka/files/download/52/fullsize /> > </a></div> > > I'd love to have a style for all linked images that eliminate the > border-bottom dotted line. Any > > Jeff > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [css-d@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/ Germán Martínez, UX Designer http://martinez.pe ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@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/