css-specificity Questions

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I have this small HTML: <div id="column"> <div class="ticker"> <ul> <li>Item 1</li> </ul> </div> </div> For ul elements outside of the .ticke...
Newfangled asked 22/5, 2014 at 18:31

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If you have <div style="display: none !important;"></div> Is there a way to override that in the style sheet to make it displayed? Preferably using something similar to this: div {...
Etz asked 22/6, 2012 at 5:36

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If I want to increase the CSS specificity of a rule, I tend to prefix with html, but I wonder if there are more concise ways of doing this? (It may seem like a trivial issue, but over the course o...
Machinate asked 16/10, 2013 at 9:23

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I have a element like this: #idname{ border: 2px solid black; } .classname{ border: 2px solid gray; } <div id = "idname" class="classname">it is a test</div> I wan...
Kempe asked 26/2, 2016 at 16:53

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I have a CSS template where I want to use a minimal amount of attributes within some HTML markup, while allowing for easy customization of that markup via classes (not IDs) later, if needed. <u...
Roughandready asked 21/9, 2019 at 7:7

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The title basically says it all. Suppose I have an element which I want to change color on :hover, but while clicked, I want it to switch back to its original color. So, I've tried this: a:link, ...
Priest asked 22/9, 2011 at 0:10

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I want to change ☰ color. HTML: <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#menu"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle menu navigation</span> &lt...
Boschbok asked 12/12, 2013 at 10:12

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Does anyone know if there is some kind of tool to see/pick the best CSS selector based on CSS specificity to target a particular div? I know what has higher specificity, but sometimes when working...
Aeriform asked 25/12, 2011 at 18:7

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I'm wondering what the specificity of the attribute selector is. For example: Id = 100 points Class = 10 points Html Tag= 1 point Example: /* this specificity value is 100 + 10 + 1 = 111 */ #h...
Foretop asked 10/7, 2012 at 5:9

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I'm studying a bit of CSS and from reading there are some pseudo-classes that don't have specificity like where() and not(). Are there more?
Mcallister asked 16/12, 2019 at 18:33

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I've been working on a website for a few months, and a lot of times when I've been trying to edit something, I have to use !important, for example: div.myDiv { width: 400px !important; } ...
Schematic asked 14/9, 2010 at 7:23

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I'm trying to figure out why .x has higher specificity than *.x when the latter is expected to win. Isn't *.x supposed to have a specificty of 0-0-1-1 (1 class, 1 tag) while .x is just a single cl...
Masseuse asked 15/4, 2016 at 9:41

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What is the level of CSS specificity received by inherited properties? I read through the W3 recommendation regarding CSS specificity and so I understand how to calculate the different specificitie...
Syrup asked 9/2, 2015 at 21:55

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Let's take these three selectors, sorted from the highest specificity to the lowest: .special-section p { } .weird-font { } p { } Many CSS gurus recommend against nesting like in the first selec...
Cedar asked 23/12, 2015 at 11:6

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What do I need to do to give the [id^=value] selector the same specificity as a regular ID, and why isn't it equal or greater already? (considering that I gave it html as well) html div[id^="blue"...
Stonefish asked 30/9, 2015 at 13:57

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#box { width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: #ff0; } .one.two.three.four.five.six.seven.eight.nine.ten.eleven { background-color: #f00; } <div id="box" class="one two three...
Wang asked 9/4, 2018 at 21:28

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There are a bunch of same-level CSS styles and an HTML code with nested blocks to which the styles are applied: .style1 a { color: red; } .style2 a { color: green; } <div class="sty...
Tanta asked 23/11, 2015 at 9:26

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So I have a list of items inside a div with the class book-select and one of the li's in my unordered list has the class selected. According to the CSS rules I've defined, the li's in the div has t...
Daffie asked 9/6, 2017 at 15:16

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Is it possible to set the specificity of a CSS selector, as opposed to it only being determined by counts of the selector(s) comprising it? i.e., if I have two selectors like so (showing the calcul...
Overshoot asked 27/5, 2017 at 16:14

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Do I need to add !important to all properties in the media queries I've written for my site like in the example below? I had the CSS below at the bottom of my stylesheet, but I found that th...
Rattish asked 11/4, 2017 at 14:9

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For example to style standard inputs I write something like: input:not([type="checkbox"]):not([type="radio"]) { background-color: blue; } However that increases the specificity a lot so if I wa...
Statics asked 8/3, 2017 at 20:29

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Researching specificity I stumbled upon this blog - http://www.htmldog.com/guides/cssadvanced/specificity/ It states that specificity is a point-scoring system for CSS. It tells us that elements ...
Isabellisabella asked 11/5, 2010 at 8:17

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I am creating a contact form that will be included on several different sites. The styles of the contact form and the styles of the site will both be included and I can't very well predict ...
Corrales asked 15/12, 2010 at 17:37

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I have read on css tricks that :not should not add additional specificity. But it looks like it does? https://css-tricks.com/almanac/selectors/n/not/ The specificity of the :not pseudo class is...
Forgat asked 27/1, 2016 at 13:21

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When viewing the code below in my browser the background is white. The universal selector * has the lowest specificity, and the body selector comes after the universal selector. Shouldn't it ...
Baalbeer asked 9/1, 2016 at 20:0

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