Re: [CSS21] 3.2 Conformance: User Preferences

David Woolley:
> The problem with !important is specificity.  If you make a browser
> setting equivalent to a single !important rule, the author can override
> by using a more specific selector than the, presumably, * rule (...)

No, he can't. Specificity comes after importance and origin. At least if 
I not totally misunderstood 6.4.1 Cascading Order.

Received on Tuesday, 23 August 2005 21:26:19 UTC