Overwrite existing style with new style - css

Is there a way or operator in CSS to assign a new style to specific element? I don't want to change original style because it belongs to a plugin and changing it will change it on all my pages. However I want to change the position of the element on a specific web page.
I also can't call those styles in my html because that CSS file is used solely in jquery plugin, you only put class="slideshow" in html div and thats that. I can change that CSS file to suit my preferences, however I don't know how to change it for specific instances?

In order to make a specific styling on a specific instance of your plugin, you should assign a specific class or id to a parent container of that plugin for the instance you need customization.
Example : you can give the id="special" to a parent of the plugin in the page you want customization.
Then you can use that selector to style it independently from other instances of that same plugin.
example CSS:
#special .slideshow /*other selectors */ {
/*your specific style */
}

In your scenario CSS specificity Rule will be helpful for you.
For example in your plugin you are using RED Font Color in class slideshow. Then in your another CSS file you can create a more specific Rule.
Check the Demo what I've posted above on comments section. Here is the direct link.
div.slider .slideshow {color:green;}

You can refer to the element by name:
#htmlitemname{
color: green;
}
CSS is cascading, i.e. it will apply it top down - general, class and then the id.

You can add !important to your css if you wish it to override any inline styles. So long as you make a style sheet specifically for that page, this should work for what you need. Hope this helps :)

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Can I disable vaadin flow theeming and apply ordinary css

Vaadin flow theming and styles confuse me. Is there a way to disable it and apply natural css. I know how to reference a css file inside vaadin, and use setClassName but I would prefer to use ordinary css style for components.
Thank you
You can override the default lumo styling by providing yours. For instance, to remove the background color from a ComboBox, I can target the input as follows in a CSS file named vaadin-combo-box.css:
[part="input-field"] {
background-color: var(--lumo-base-color);
max-width: fit-content;
}
To set the colors for a disabled button, you can target it as follows:
filename: vaadin-button.css
code:
:host([theme~='primary'][disabled]) {
background-color: red;
}
And you get the following:
To change the primary color or any other global styling, explore your styles.css file.
For a better understanding, take a look at this video https://vaadin.com/learn/training/v14-theming
Like with all other styling you need to check the states / attributes of the component while the specific state is active and check the DOM - only caveat would be that you need to add those style in the specific files like vaadin-button.css to be applied inside the shadow DOM.

How to add this weird CSS styling

I was trying to add some css styling to my wordpress website. However, I'm quite confused how to select the element and add the css !
Let me explain it in detals in three scenarios:
Picture 1:
I'm going to change the color and width of that button with text "Submit your attendance" inside. I wanted to make it red.
First Try: Picture 2:
I selected the calss which is :
wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit
Added the background-color: red , but it didn't work.
Second Try: Picture 3:
I did the same for this class:
wpcf7-form-control
Thrd Try: Pictur 4:
In inline style, when I add background-color: red and width: 100% in workes. I noticed a style attribute is also added. However, I'm not sure how to add in my Custom CSS of wordpress. I mean which element should I select? Of course Inline-style is not an element.
This is not an issue with regard to WordPress. This is due to CSS Specificity. What this means is that the rule that is more specific will "win" and be applied. This is why inline styles typically work over non-inline styles.
In your example, the rule that is being applied is more specific than the one you're trying to override with.
There is a hierarchy when it comes to specificity and the order in which rules are applied. Here they are in order of most specific to less:
Inline Styles
Ids - targeting the ID of an element is more specific than targeting a class
Classes, attributes and pseudo-classes (for example :hover)
Elements (for example a "p" tag) and pseudo-elements (:before)
Either add an ID for the your button or target the class in a more specific manner. For example body .thecontainer .thediv .anothercontainer .myelement
This might be work. You need to add !important property.
wpcf7-form-control{ background-color:red !important; }
Try this.
To update worpress css you have to edit the file style.css
Appearance -> Editor -> style.css (search inside other files)
or
Appearance -> Customize -> Additional CSS (where you have to add manually every line of code)
Sometimes you need to add "!important;" at the end of line, something like:
background-color: red!important;

GWT - Changing CSS hover property

I'm a new user of GWT and I'm looking for some advice concerning "theme management".
I have to make a website that can handle theme changes. What I mean is that a user can make is own theme by filling a form, then the website will automatically and dynamically changes its color to display the new ones.
I thought using a CSS sheet for all the static properties and using some GWT lines (e.g. label.getElement.getStyle.setColor(...)) to change color. But I have many "hover" properties and I think creating many MouseOverHandler is not a good idea ...
Is there a way to edit CSS sheet dynamically or a magic trick to do that ?
Thanks.
You have many options - the most straight forward (to me) is to make use of the existing CSS classes that GWT introduces. If you look at javadocs for any of the widgets GWT provides, you'll notice the CSS Style Rules section. For example, Button:
.gwt-Button
the outer element
That means that every Button you add to the page has a .gwt-Button style applied to it. If you inject a CSS stylesheet with a rule that overrides this style:
.gwtButton {
background: red;
}
All your buttons will turn red. You can inject stylesheets using StyleInjector. Creating the stylesheet's content dynamically is up to you - but it's just text, it shouldn't be hard (but make sure the generated CSS rules are valid!).
To get you started, try hooking up this code to some button and see if clicking it triggers changing all the Buttons on the page red:
StyleInjector.inject(".gwt-Button { background: red; }");
If you have custom widgets that you want styled differently, just add an individual class to them (.customWidgetWhatever, like Button has .gwt-Button, etc.) that you will include in your custom stylesheet.
Make sure you understand how CSS works and what it can do for you. For example, if you want to style each button the same, you don't have to change each button's style individually, just use:
button {
background: green;
}
And all the <button>s will turn green.
The easiest way to change themes without reloading the whole application is to assign a theme class to the body element.
You'd want to prepend each CSS class in your app with a particular theme, e.g.:
.theme1 .myClass {
color: red;
}
.theme2 .myClass {
color: blue;
}
Then you'll apply a particular theme to the body element:
<body class="theme1">
When you want to change themes, you'll have to change the body class so it will become:
<body class="theme2">
this way, each element that has class myClass will have its color changed from red to blue.
You cannot edit a CSS file dynamically, but you can inject CSS style either as a new CSS file, or directly into your document.
For example, you can define all key CSS rules in your "main.css" file, and add your user-defined rules directly into the host HTML page with a style tag.

Can you specify that a css class should use the information from one style sheet?

I have a css sheet for a big project that I can't change, "cantChange.css"
I also have a css sheet for a small portion of the project that I am able to change "canChange.css"
Both css sheets describe the style for a certain class -- and cantChange.css is overriding canChange.css.
Is there any way to give priority to a certain style sheet for a URL? Is there another way to do this with css specificity rules?
The loading order of course is important. You should load "canChange.css" after you loaded the other one. On top of that CSS offers !important . Which allows for something like:
background-color: blue !important;
If that still doesn't do anything add an id to the element in question and style that one. IDs are always higher prioritized then classes or common selectors.
You've got a few options to address this:
Make your selector more specific (e.g. #body #small-project .cool-class)
Apply the styles inline (e.g. style="color: #000")
If you can change the order in which the stylesheets are loaded, load canChange.css file after cantChange.css
Give priority using !important (What does this mean?)
You can make your own declaration MORE SPECIFIC to override the others.
For example:
body.someclass .anotherclass { ... }
<body class="someclass">
will always override .anotherclass { ... }

ignore css styles on certain type selectors

Say I have 2 sites, http://1.example.com, http://2.example.com.
My issue is this : I am to dynamically add content to 1.example.com and 2.example.com, as part of this dynamic content addition I need to download and apply a css file via javascript. Now there is a <hr> tag in my dynamic content I'd like to style. When I apply this on 1.example.com, all works fine, but when I try to apply it to 2.example.com, the issue is that 2.example.com has a stylesheet that already defines stylerules for the <hr> tag. Like say padding. I don't want to override the properties manually. Is there a way to ignore <hr> styles defined in 2.example.com for my dynamic content and only apply styles I downloaded?
Be more specific. Learn about CSS specificity to override styles.
You could, for example, add a class to the <hr> and style that.
Try like this,
You may find parent div in your dymanic content,
For example: .parent-div hr{ your styles }

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