!important Declaration | Internet Development Index |
Increases the weight or importance of a particular rule.
Syntax
HTML { sRule!important } Scripting N/A
Possible Values
sRule Any CSS attribute/value pair.
Example
The following example includes the !important declaration in the style rule. Normally the color of the text would be green, because inline styles override the rules set in a style tag. By including the !important declaration in the style rule, you set the content of the paragraph to red.
<STYLE> P { color:red!important } </STYLE> <P STYLE="color:green">This text will be red.</P>
Standards Information
This declaration is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) .
Applies To
A, ADDRESS, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FORM, hn, HTML, I, IMG, INPUT, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP