Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Started/@comment-35560672-20190315180929/@comment-9605025-20190318000417

reply to #5 My comment was made not because of you specifically but because a lot of users use "!important" on a regular basis. I just decided it was time to speak up about it. I apologize if it seemed like I was picking on you specifically. - reply to #7 It is related to specificity, the method by which CSS determines which styles to apply to which HTML elements. In short, "!important" says "use this no matter what else you have been told". There are some cases where it is needed; such as overriding in-line CSS. However, most of the time, it is not appropriate. The issue is that a fair number of users get into the bad habit of abusing it to quickly get the look they want rather that taking the time to find the proper selectors.