Simply remove the !important. If both selectors have the same
specifity, the last one in the source order (or last to be imported)
will (*should*) take precedence.


On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:33:03 +0200, Jacobus van Niekerk
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Anybody have a solution for the following:
> 
> I have a default style for a element:
> 
> #s1 {height: 215px;}
> 
> In some of the pages I need to update this value to auto, and I use
> !important setting to enforce this, via a updates.css file:
> 
> #s1 {height: auto !important;}
> 
> Now here is the problem:
> I now have to look at 2 elements, via JavaScript, in the doc, check which
> has the highest high value and assign that value to both elements. No matter
> what value I assign to both elements, the previous !important setting
> overrides the new values.
> 
> Is there any way I can override the !important setting via JavaScript?
> 
> I need a solution quite urgent, and will keep digging into this myself, but
> if anybody knows how, I would really appreciate this.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Kind Regards
> Jacobus van Niekerk
> 
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