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- Are ID selectors highly specific?
- What is the important rule in CSS and why should you generally avoid it?
- What are the precedence rules in CSS?
- What do you think is the best way to solve a CSS specificity issue?
Are ID selectors highly specific?
Note: As we learned in the lesson on specificity, an ID has high specificity. It will overrule most other selectors. In most cases, it is preferable to add a class to an element instead of an ID.
What is the important rule in CSS and why should you generally avoid it?
What does important mean in CSS? In CSS, important means that only the ! important property value is to be applied to an element and all other declarations on the element are to be ignored. In other words, an important rule can be used to override other styling rules in CSS.
What are the precedence rules in CSS?
CSS specificity rule
Below are the order of specificity rule which has precedence respectively: 1) Inline style: Inline style has highest priority among all. 2) Id Selector: It has second highest priority. 3) Classes, pseudo-classes and attributes: These selectors has lowest priority.
What do you think is the best way to solve a CSS specificity issue?
Increasing specificity by duplicating selector
Duplicating id, class, pseudo-class or attribute selectors within a compound selector will increase specificity when overriding very specific selectors over which you have no control. Use this sparingly, if at all. If using selector duplication, always comment your CSS.
