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 page for yourself. And if you check any of the CSS feature support charts out there, you'd see the same. There is however a kernel of a bug hidden in this tip: margin-top: 3.5em !important; margin-top: 2em So, the top margin will be set to 3.5em for all browsers except IE, which will have a top margin of 2em First, the reported problem only occurs for IE/Windows based browsers (i.e. IE5/Mac handles !important properly, including in this case. Another reason to question the article, as it appears the author doesn't distinguish between IE/Windows and IE/Mac rendering engine behavior, which can be quite different.) Second the problem actually has nothing to do with !important, but with the processing of multiple declarations of the same propertry in the same style rule. Similar problems result in IE/Windows if you try multiple declarations of the 'color' property for example with a CSS1 value followed by a CSS3 Color value that latter user agents support." hope this helps, -Grant 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 ********************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. ********************************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
