RE: [WSG] !important via script possible?

2005-03-30 Thread Rebecca Cox
on the same block. %%#$##$!!! Cheers :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rebecca Cox Sent: Wednesday, 30 March 2005 11:35 a.m. To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] !important via script possible? I'm pretty sure this isn't possible

[WSG] !important via script possible?

2005-03-29 Thread Rebecca Cox
I'm pretty sure this isn't possible, but does anyone know if its possible to add the !important declaration to a style set with script, as in: document.getElementById(mydiv).style.height = hvar + px !important; Its fine in Gecko but not IE6... Any ideas?

Re: [WSG] !important via script possible?

2005-03-29 Thread Ben Curtis
I'm pretty sure this isn't possible, but does anyone know if its possible to add the !important declaration to a style set with script, as in: document.getElementById(mydiv).style.height = hvar + px !important; When would this ever be necessary? Do you have a test page we could look at? When

Re: [WSG] !important via script possible?

2005-03-29 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Rebecca Cox wrote: I'm pretty sure this isn't possible, but does anyone know if its possible to add the !important declaration to a style set with script, [...] Its fine in Gecko but not IE6... Any ideas? As just mentioned in the reply to another thread, IE ignores !important -- Patrick H. Lauke

RE: [WSG] !important via script possible?

2005-03-29 Thread Focas, Grant
A warning against using the !important declaration as a hack: see http://tantek.com/log/2004/09.html#d07t1434 here's an excerpt: IE (all platforms) supports !important, just go try the CSS1 Test Suite section 3.1 (http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Test/CSS1/current/sec31.htm) important test suite