Makes lots of sense but still doesn't work, I'll take it into account
this next time I start a project. Thanks a lot.
On May 3, 11:57 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In general, IDs take precedence over classes for CSS style rules. One
> thing you could do is refer to a containing element's ID in the style
> rule for the class. Something like this:
>
> #container .new_class {
> color: #FFF;
>
> }
>
> hope that helps.
>
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
>
> On May 3, 2008, at 11:23 PM, rene.olivo wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello, I have tried this code:
>
> > $('#some_div').addClass('new_class');
>
> > And it works really well, it adds the class to the element. The
> > problem is that if this element had previously had any style applied
> > to it like:
>
> > #some_div {
> > color: #F00;
> > }
>
> > to change the color with the new class I'd have to use !important so
> > it can be applied like this:
>
> > .new_class {
> > color: #FFF !important;
> > }
>
> > does anyone knows why this happen? it works great and everything but I
> > rather not use the important statement if possible.
>
> > thanks.
