The surprising behavior of !important in CSS custom property values

Huh! I did not realize that CSS custom properties had their own resolution behavior for how !important works in their values. Uh, despite writing a guide about them. 😬 But hey it’s now updated.

Stefan Judis documents it clearly. … https://css-tricks.com/the-surprising-behavior-of-important-in-css-custom-property-values/

Creato 4y | 17 dic 2021, 16:21:40


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