!important Declaration

Increases the weight or importance of a particular rule.

Syntax

HTML	{ sAttribute:sValue!important }
Scripting	N/A

Possible Values

sAttribute	Any cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute.
sValue	Any of the range of values available to the corresponding attribute.

The declaration has no default value.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see dynamic properties.

Example

This example includes the !important declaration in the style rule. The color of the text normally would be green, because inline styles overrule the rules set in a style tag. By including the !important declaration in the style rule, the content of the paragraph is instead set to red.

Sample Code

<STYLE>
    P {color:red!important}
</STYLE>
<P STYLE="color:green">This will be red.</P>

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.

A, ADDRESS, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FORM, Hn, HTML, I, IMG, 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

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