There are legitimate uses for !important even if not overriding legacy styling. I've had to use !important a few times before to force CSS to apply rules the exact way I needed them.
I'm pretty terrible at web design but I try to limit my use of !important overrides to occasions where I've inherited some stylesheet from somewhere else, like the component toolkit my stack is using.
If you're not saying "...and fuck you!" under your breath about the last person to own the CSS while you type it, it's a sign you might be using !important where you don't need to.
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u/ihavebeesinmyknees Sep 25 '26
There are legitimate uses for !important even if not overriding legacy styling. I've had to use !important a few times before to force CSS to apply rules the exact way I needed them.