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I agree with respect to 3rd party libraries. One of the things I hate most about Bootstrap is its amazing overuse of !important. However, my context was mainl

by ulkesh 10y ago

I agree with respect to 3rd party libraries. One of the things I hate most about Bootstrap is its amazing overuse of !important. However, my context was mainly around architecting your own CSS, not as it relates to using someone else's.

atomwaffel 10y ago
My approach is to slap myself in the face each time I need to use !important. That's enough to prevent me from slipping into bad habits but leaves me with an option if rewriting my CSS to work around somebody else's (or my own) hacks would be more painful than a slap in the face. I do occasionally get strange looks from my colleagues.
- talmand 10y ago
  Just wear a rubber band on your wrist and snap that instead. Your colleagues will just think you're trying to stop smoking.
  - mst 10y ago
    Or get a pavlok (I have one, it's rather neat, though the bluetooth is predictably terrible).