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My main issue with using CSS libraries is that they often overwrite custom CSS styles that I specifically set. For example, here I have a list that exists within a Bootstrap expand/collapse menu:
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li>
<a href="#" style=""><img src="images/arrow.gif" style="width: 20px;">Link A</a>
</li>
</ul>
I want to set my own font color, so I use the following CSS:
nav li {
font-size: 16px;
color: #004687;
}
But when I view in Firefox's Inspector, I see the color I have chosen is being overridden by Bootstrap.
My custom CSS occurs after the Bootstrap files have been loaded in the of the HTML document.
How do I prevent this happening without setting style="color: #004687" to every element?
EDIT: Thanks for the suggestions thus far, but none have been successful. I'm pasting the full original code to give you greater detail:
<div class="container">
<header class="navbar navbar-static-top bs-docs-nav">
<div class="col-md-4 visible-xs" id="mobile-nav-outer">
<div class="navbar-header">
<button class="navbar-toggle" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".bs-navbar-collapse">
<span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
<span class="icon-bar"></span>
</button>
<a href="../" class="navbar-brand">Menu</a>
</div>
<nav class="collapse navbar-collapse bs-navbar-collapse" id="mobile-nav-inner" role="navigation">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li>
<a href="#" class="nav-mobile-link"><img src="images/arrow.gif" style="width: 20px;">Link A</a>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</div>
</header>
</div>
My CSS is included like this:
<head>
<link href="bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="bootstrap/css/docs.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
#mobile-nav-outer {
border: 1px solid #CCC;
background-color: #FFF;
}
#mobile-nav-inner {
border: 1px solid #CCC;
background-color: #FFF;
margin: 3px;
}
nav li {
font-size: 16px;
color: #004687;
}
.nav-mobile-link {
font-size: 16px;
color: #004687;
}
</style>
</head>
EDIT 3: I have found a cheap workaround by using ID's rather than classes which works due to CSS specificity (ID's override classes). This isn't a very clean solution and I'd still like to know why I cannot override the Bootstrap classes with my own.
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Overwrite it with additional class added to the list:
<ul class="nav navbar-nav custom-class">
<li>
<a href="#" style=""><img src="images/arrow.gif" style="width: 20px;">Link A</a>
</li>
</ul>
and in your custom styles:
.nav.custom-class li {
font-size: 16px;
color: #004687;
}
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