One of the most useful and contentious elements of CSS is the !important property. Every designer will come across the tag in CSS code at some point. The real question and dilemma that comes up when that happens is “was it used correctly?” Because CSS !important is such a powerful tool, developers and designers need to be aware of best practices when using it. CSS !important can lead to all kinds of spaghetti code, and that’s not good for anyone.
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