- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 19:00:34 +1100 (AEDT)
- To: WAI HC Working Group <w3c-wai-hc@w3.org>
On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Charles (Chuck) Oppermann wrote: > I think we're in agreement. Going back to my original message, and ignoring > the browser UI option (#3), which of the other two options do you prefer? > Option #1 which defines a new directive, or Option #2 which changes the > ordering of the rules? Option 1 I take to be that which changes the definition of !important; so that it only has effect when used within a reader's style sheet (any use of !important; in an author's style sheet would thus be ignored, and the author's rules would all have normal weight, thereby giving precedence to the reader's explicitly important rules). This is the option which I prefe. The only counter-argument is one of backward compatibility. If the use of !important; in authors' style sheets is ignored, then it can still be said that all valid CSS 1 style sheets are likewise valid in CSS 2, but the definition of importance changes. Given that the !important; directive is a little-used feature at present, I think this change could be made without resulting in major backward compatibility problems.
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