Incorporating an external stylesheet has greatly improved the appearance of forms in our project by applying rules to labels. The styles used are as follows...
label { display:block; font-weight:bold; margin:7px 0; }
/* Additionally, for testing purposes, I included the following snippet.
label { color:gold; }
On a separate internal stylesheet utilized for an iframe (with similar results on a standard ColdFusion page), there are specific rules set for labels with the class of error.
label.error { display:inline;
color:red;
float:none;
padding-left:.5em;
vertical-align:top; }
Currently, these error labels are hidden by jQuery's validation plugin (available at ). When a form field fails validation, the labels become visible. All styles function correctly except for the display property when the label is shown.
Contrary to initial assumptions, the issue does not stem from label.error failing to override existing rules, as demonstrated in the original post.
The struggle to set the display property properly remains unresolved and any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
An Exasperated Developer
UPDATE: This dilemma was resolved by my supervisor, who advised me to make my CSS more specific. By directly targeting the exact label selector from the parent stylesheet and adding the class selector to it, along with necessary modifications and additions, the problem was addressed. For further insight, consider researching resources on CSS inheritance.