I understand about CSS specificity (a bit), but I can't seem to understand a problem I am currently having.
I have a CSS Reset file, which I include before any other CSS files in my page. This file contains the following
html, body, div, span, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, abbr, address, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, samp, small, strong, sub, sup, var, b, i, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td, article, aside, figure, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section, menu, time, mark, audio, video {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
border: 0 none;
font-size: 100%;
margin: 0;
outline: 0 none;
padding: 0;
vertical-align: baseline;
}
Then, in my own css file (which is added after the reset), I have the following
ol, ul {
margin-bottom: 20px;
padding-left: 25px;
}
"OL" and "UL" are both single elements in the reset and custom css files - that is, neither of them have any prefix - so I would expect my own css to override the css. For some reason it doesn't.
I have been temporarily appending !important to my custom CSS, but I need to do this for almost every rule I am writing.
What am I missing?
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I have a very old working page which I don't want to change/upgrade at all. I need to add Bootstrap 3 because I've added a popup modal but Bootstrap default CSS reset/re-styling is changing the old page so it looks awful.
Is there any simple way to prevent Bootstrap CSS changing my page by default?
I know I can add a modal without bootstrap, but I've the bootstrap modal already written and working on another page of the same website so I would like to use the same code.
A great solution to prevent overwriting is to go to this page and select the components you just want to use. This will prevent you from bringing over unnecessary code you don't need and hopefully, it will prevent it from overwriting your css. Make sure you add all your css files after bootstrap is called. Also, you could add a css reset at the beginning of your css file. Then style accordingly and add important tags.
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
article, aside, canvas, details, embed,
figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup,
menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary,
time, mark, audio, video {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
font-size: 100%;
font: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline;
}
/* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */
article, aside, details, figcaption, figure,
footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
display: block;
}
body {
line-height: 1;
}
ol, ul {
list-style: none;
}
blockquote, q {
quotes: none;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
content: '';
content: none;
}
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
}
On Wordpress after adding italic, bold, or hyperlink elements to text, the text becomes offset from the baseline of normal text. I'm using the Elegantica theme. Is there a solution for this?
My site: http://www.lfvaa-sample.com/
Examples of this problem can be found on the home page at the bottom with the hyperlinked text "Learn More" and on the LinkedFlow page under resources with the italicized text.
in the case of your "learn more" links at the bottom, the culprit appears to be
vertical-align: middle;
in your style.css
html, body, div, span, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, abbr, address, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, samp, small, strong, sub, sup, var, b, i, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td, article, aside, canvas, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section, summary, time, mark, audio, video {
background: none repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
border: 0 none;
font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
margin: 0;
outline: 0 none;
padding: 0;
vertical-align: middle;
}
You can see when I turn that rule off in firebug, the text aligns properly. Tested with the italic on the other page and the same rule is affecting that text too.
I've got an issue which i've never had before up until this site and i can't figure out the problem.
I build my sites with a wrapper set at 100% width; and a container set at 960px with a margin of '0 auto' to center the container.
Most of the time (and as with this one) i have a header wrapper/container, main content wrapper/container and footer wrapper/container.
In addition, my body is set to 100% width and height.
The problem is my header wrapper is causing a very small scroll to occur, and when i scroll right to see, the entire right of the page seems to have a 20 pixel margin.
I don't seem to get the problem in Chrome, just IE and Firefox.
My CSS is cleared with this at the beginning:
body, div, dl, dt, dd, ul, ol, li,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, pre, form, fieldset, input, textarea, p, blockquote, th, td {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
My main body style is set as:
body {
float: left;
font-family: 'Verdana', 'Arial';
background: #E3E3E3;
width: 100% ;
height: 100%;
color: #5B5B5B;
}
I'm a bit embarrassed to ask this as CSS bugs are normally a breeze to get through, but i've no idea with this. As for the other wrappers, as i mentioned, they're all set as:
wrapper { float: left; width: 100%; height: 100%;}
content {width: 960px; margin: 0 auto; }
Any ideas? It's driving me insane!
Try resetting you css first. This is what I use to start my main stylesheet:
* {margin:0;padding:0;outline:0;border:0;
-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased !important; text-rendering:optimizeLegibility;}
html, body, div, span, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, abbr, address, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q,
samp, small, strong, sub, sup, var, b, i, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th,
td, article, aside, canvas, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section, summary, time, mark, audio, video
{margin:0;padding:0;border:0;font-size:100%;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;}
You need to reset styles before you can troubleshoot bugs like this. Then it's a breeze...
Since the space causing the scrollbar is empty, you could just force that section to never show a scrollbar with--
overflow: hidden;
Then you can get on with the project & come back later to figure out what's causing it if you want to.
I'm new to css so I'm sorry if this is a dumb question.
I was making a site and used this:
body {
font-size: 80%;
}
Later, actually today, I tried to apply EricMeyer's CSS reset to my page above the 80% declaration, but it's causing all sorts of trouble with my font sizing.
I didn't think it would be an issue because I thought font-size 100% wouldn't change the font, it would just be "use the font of your parent" but that's not the case.
What does this font-size 100% declaration actually do? Why is it applied to every element in the reset (i.e. html,body,div,span,a,b,i,font,etc {font-size} rather than just the body{font-size} I was using, which seemed to be inherited fine)?
Before I "just remove the 100%" I'd like to know what it's actually doing. What does 100% actually mean, and why does Mr. Meyer apply it to a bunch of elements rather than just the body like I was doing?
Does using font-size: 0.8em; work? Since 1em is "the size of a character", 0.8em should give you what you want.
The problem for you is that Meyer, is setting more and just the body element to 100%.
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
outline: 0;
font-size: 100%;
vertical-align: baseline;
background: transparent;
}
A quick fix would be to change Meyers font-size: 100%; to font-size: 80%;
The font-size: 100%; is just used for resetting the style to be similar in all browsers, I believe IE6 is having some problems with this.
Using html and css for IE7, how do I position a html table at the very top of the screen without the top border that is automatically generated?
I am developing in vs2008.
You are probably seeing the default margins of the document body.
Set the margin to 0 on the body, preferably using css.
I recommend using a reset css to set the default style for your pages in every browser, there are penty on the net. Sample:
html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
outline: 0;
font-size: 100%;
vertical-align: baseline;
background: transparent;
}
body {
line-height: 1;
}
Remove the border on your table.
CSS approach:
table / #id-of-your-table / .class-of-your-table { border: 0; }
Inline style approach:
<table style="border: 0;"> ... </table>