CSS · Selectors and cascade

!important

Forces a declaration above normal cascade rules. Treat it as a warning sign, not a tool.

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Syntax

color: red !important;

Example

Try it

.demo { color: #b42318 !important; }

Fix the specificity instead. Important rules are extremely hard to override later.

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