[css-cascade] New syntax for making an entire layer important
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Description
I have some user styles (Stylus extension) that I’m enforcing on a website. For example:
.sticky-header {
position: static !important;
}
.video-popup {
display: none !important;
}
Instead of writing !important in every declaration, I would prefer if I could just put my styles inside an important layer:
@layer stylus-extension !important {
.sticky-header
position: static;
}
.video-popup {
display: none;
}
}
The longer the user styles are, the worse the !important repetition becomes. This repetition could be avoided with a new syntax.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the proposed @layer syntax and the existing CSS cascade layer rules referenced by the issue. Check the six-comment thread for prior discussion before determining whether the proposal has a settled direction. Done means an agreed syntax and corresponding CSSWG specification update, rather than an implementation patch.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100